Our beautiful natural environment is a key part of what makes us all so proud to call this corner of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire home. I want to make sure that we give our local environment the protections it needs - and that we unlock new opportunities to enhance biodiversity and bring new life to our local chalk streams. With a significant proportion of the world's rare chalk streams in our area, including the Hiz, Oughton and Purwell, I am working to ensure that they are protected for future generations - including tackling the excessive abstraction that threatens them and clamping down on sewage spills.
I am leading the campaign to secure support to expand the Chilterns National Landscape area – to expand it to much more of this constituency. This status would recognise the fantastic Chilterns landscapes we have locally, whilst unlocking new opportunities for us to protect and enhance them, support our brilliant local farmers and growers, grow our local economy and tourism industry and much more.
Together, I know we can protect and enhance our spectacular local environment.