New Bill seeks protected status for rivers, streams and lakes

Victoria Collins, the Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, presented the Rivers, Streams and Lakes (Protected Status) Bill in Parliament last week.

The Bill seeks to “make provision for the designation of rivers, streams and lakes as having protected status; to specify criteria for minimum standards that a site must meet where it has been designated as a river, stream or lake with protected status; to set minimum standards of water quality, safety, environmental management and provision of information in relation to such sites; and for connected purposes.”

The second reading is scheduled for 17 January.