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River Great Ouse: Dredging

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 January 2026UIN 105592

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when was the River Great Ouse last dredged.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Environment Agency (EA) does not operate a routine dredging programme for the River Great Ouse. Dredging was last undertaken in the 1970s and 1980s, prior to the EA’s establishment in 1996.

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