Question follow-through · 7608
Inland Waterways: Leisure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to inland waters for responsible recreational users.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to inland waters for responsible recreational users.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors for people’s health and wellbeing and encourages safe and responsible access to the countryside through the Countryside Code and support for nationwide water safety campaigns. Pu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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