Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 29705
Rivers: Dredging
Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Question
Lincoln Jopp
Conservative — Spelthorne
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reinstate dredging to increase river capacity.
Answer
Emma HardyWhere watercourse maintenance is the responsibility of the Environment Agency (EA), it focuses its efforts on those activities which will achieve the greatest benefit in terms of protecting people and property from flooding. This includes dredging, which ...
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