HC Deb 16 April 1973 vol 855 c25W
Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a grant for a joint project between the British Waterways Board and the local authorities concerned to implement the proposed improvement scheme for the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal, having regard to the intermediate area status of South Yorkshire.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

As I said in reply to the Question by the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Kelley) on 28th March, we need, and the board are seeking, more concrete evidence that an improved waterway would attract the necesssary additional traffic—[Vol. 853, c.323.]