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UIN 29705

Rivers: Dredging

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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6 February 2025

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25 February 2025 · Answer

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25 February 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reinstate dredging to increase river capacity.

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  1. 6 February 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reinstate dredging to increase river capacity.

    Source: Commons

  2. 25 February 2025

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    Where watercourse maintenance is the responsibility of the Environment Agency (EA), it focuses its efforts on those activities which will achieve the greatest benefit in terms of protecting people and property from flooding. This includes dredging, which ...

    Source: Written answer

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