Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 42684
Inland Waterways: East of England
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 10 April 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Water investment to unlock growth in East of England, published on 13 March 2025, if he will make an assessment of the potenti
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government recognises the wide range of benefits brought by our inland waterways and is supportive in general of projects to restore and develop them, including where they form part of wider growth plans.