| Heading: |
Inland Waterways: Access |
| Question ID: |
1792988 |
| UIN: |
44736 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5128 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Phil Brickell
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| Asking Member handle: |
Phil_Brickell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Phil_Brickell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of inland waters that have a statutory right of access for recreational users. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
Current estimates are that around 4%, or 1,400 miles, of rivers in England and Wales have a public right of navigation. There are around 3,500 miles of canal and river navigations that have a public right of access through the licensing regimes operated b... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |