Subject	Predicate	Object
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		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	7E1DQhaw
	answer has answering person	Therese Coffey
	answer text	<p>Access to waterways, including for recreational purposes, remains subject to licence by the relevant navigation authority or to agreement with the riparian landowner where there is no navigation authority in place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not undertaken a specific assessment of what length of unmanaged waterways has a public right of navigation. Within the canal and major river navigation network in England and Wales (20,000 km), approximately 4,700 km have either public navigation rights or are available for licensed navigation as managed by a navigation authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2019-02-19
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	Xj3paElg
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	Xj3paElg
7E1DQhaw	question has answer	Xj3paElg
Therese Coffey	answering person has answer	Xj3paElg