Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119074

Inland Waterways: Private Sector

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Alison Griffiths

Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the enforcement powers available to the Environment Agency to ensure effective oversight of the maintenance of privately owned watercourses in hi

Answer

Emma Hardy

Defra has examined the statutory powers and responsibilities for mapping, monitoring, inspecting and maintaining all flood and coastal erosion risk assets, including those owned by third parties. This review which also considered enforcement powers, inclu...

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