Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 5571

Rivers: Access

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 7 October 2024

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of granting rights of access to rivers to (a) kayakers and (b) swimmers.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Inland waterways such as canals and rivers are categorised as regulated (mostly canals and some larger rivers, owned by a navigation authority) and unregulated (mostly smaller rivers and no canals, owned/managed by riparian landowners along their length)....

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