HC Deb 15 January 1990 vol 165 c96W
62. Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the present state of inland waterways.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The British Waterways Board is responsible for most of the inland waterways in Britain. The board is committed to realising the full potential of its waterways as an environmental and leisure resource and, where practicable, for freight transport. The Environment Select Committee, which reported on the board last August, found that the canals appeared to be in a better state overall than for many years previously.