HL Deb 16 July 2001 vol 626 c97WA
Lord Hardy of Wath

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they expect the new CAMS areas to be in operation in order that the management of water abstraction will have adequate knowledge of particular needs and localities. [HL187]

Lord Whitty

Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies (CAMS) started to be prepared from April 2001. Most CAMS will take up to two years to complete and therefore the first CAMS should be complete and operational by April 2003. All 129 CAMS should be operational by April 2008.