§ 35. Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the performance and prospects of the British Waterways Board.
§ Mr. Giles ShawMy Department and the British Waterways Board recently received a consultants' report and recommendations on these matters. We are consulting together about the implementation by the board of those recommendations directly affecting organisation, management and prospects for increased investment and revenue and also about the development of future policies, in which the consultants' report is one of several factors. A further statement will be made in due course.