§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional mileage of canals has become available for leisure activities in the past year.
§ Mr. Denis HowellVirtually all canals are used for some form of leisure activity. Restoration of any waterway can only enable it to be used more intensively than before, for example, by providing for navigation by powered craft on water previously used for, say, rowing and fishing. I understand that in the past year a total of 10 miles of the British Waterways Board's remainder canals was opened for navigation by pleasure craft.