Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80002

Water: Codes of Practice

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Phil Brickell

LabourBolton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) strengthening, (b) publicising and (c) enforcing the Code of Practice on Conservation, Access and Recreation.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Code of Practice on Conservation, Access and Recreation issued in May 2000 (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20030731231207/http://www.defra.gov.uk:80/environment/water/industry/copcar/chapter1.htm) sets clear expectations of how water...

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