Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 4 March 2002,Official Report, column 77W, if she will introduce new performance indicators to help judge the success of efforts to improve access for canoeists by the Environment Agency's Angling and Canoe Liaison Group. [42386]
§ Alun MichaelThe Government have no plans to introduce performance indicators, but will continue to encourage the Environment Agency's Angling and Canoe Liaison Group to look for ways of improving access to the water for recreational use.
Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 4 March 2002,Official Report, column 77W, if she will make Environment Agency funding dependent on improving access to water for canoeists. [42385]
§ Alun MichaelThe Government have no plans to make any Agency funding dependent on improving access to water for canoeists, but will continue to encourage the Environment Agency to look for ways of improving access to the water and land it manages for recreational use, as appropriate.