Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Chalk Stream Abstraction.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-02-01/debates/13020139000005/ChalkStreamAbstraction
Richard Benyon
Just over a year ago, we published our water White Paper, which set out a vision for a resilient and sustainable water industry and for future reform of the abstraction regime. We know that the current system is not flexible enough to cope with the challenges of climate change and the increased demand from a growing population, which my hon. Friend so eloquently described. The condition of our chalk rivers acutely highlights that.
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