§ Mr. Norman Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he accepts the finding of the Fraenkel Report in regard to the British Waterways Board; and if he will make a statement;
490W(2) if he will continue to make grants to the British Waterways Board in respect of all maintenance work as set out in the Fraenkel Report which the Board is unable to fund from its own resources.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThese raise matters on which the recent Select Committee on Nationalised Industries Report on the British Waterways Board makes recommendations. The Government will be stating their position on that report as soon as possible.