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Inland Waterways: East of England

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 April 2025UIN 42684

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Water investment to unlock growth in East of England, published on 13 March 2025, if he will make an assessment of the potenti

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Government recognises the wide range of benefits brought by our inland waterways and is supportive in general of projects to restore and develop them, including where they form part of wider growth plans.

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