Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37100

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal: Water

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 18 March 2025

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat — Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh government on the provision of support for the cost of water supplied by Dwr Cymru for the Monmouth and Brecon canal.

Answer

Emma Hardy

Water abstraction licensing in Wales, and conditions that may be attached to licences, are a devolved matter for Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government. Defra and the Environment Agency do not have a role in that. Issues of concern about the sup...

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