HC Deb 05 March 1992 vol 205 c231W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about financing for the British Waterways Board.

Mr. Baldry

I am pleased to announce that we have increased the external finance limit for the British Waterways Board to £51.7 million for 1991–92. This is enabling the board to spend an additional sum of up to £3 million on canal maintenance. The increase is being financed through expenditure savings identified elsewhere within the Department, and will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.