Question follow-through · 51303
Inland Waterways: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to clear up water ways in the West Midlands.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to clear up water ways in the West Midlands.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
Navigation authorities are responsible for keeping their waterways clear of obstacles, rubbish, aquatic plant overgrowths, and any other impediments to ensure safety of navigation for users. They also work closely with the relevant authorities in respondi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Tree Planting: West Midlands
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Pollinators: West Midlands
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help tackle harm to pollinators in the West Midlands.
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with Birmingham City Council on (a) pollution and (b) decreasing biodiversity in Sutton Park.
Hedgehogs: Conservation
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support hedgehog conservation initiatives in the West Midlands.
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, on what date a decline in the condition of the park’s woodland and heathland ha
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
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Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
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Pollution Control: Sutton Park
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Air Pollution: Birmingham
20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce concentrations of fine particulate matter in the Birmingham City Council area.
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 98739 on Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park, what housing developments in the vicinity of Sutton Park have been discussed be
Biodiversity and Pollution: Sutton Park
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