HC Deb 11 February 1972 vol 830 c463W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what developments have been made by the British Waterways Board in commercial transport by water, particularly in respect of the rivers and waterways converging on the Humber estuary.

Mr. Peyton

Developments within the the past few years have included certain wharfing and warehousing facilities and trials with "push-tow" units on the Aire and Calder and Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigations.