Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 9226

Inland Waterways: Standards

Tabled: 15 October 2024
Answered: 23 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Ben Spencer

ConservativeRunnymede and Weybridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics are in place to (a) monitor and (b) enforce the timely response of the Environment Agency to reports of (i) waterway obstructions, (ii) lack of waterway maintenance and (i

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) is accountable to Parliament via the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). As the principal sponsor of the EA, Defra works closely with EA officials at every level to provide constructive challenge...

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