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Commons · Question 86369 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

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Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Environment Agency's Chief Scientist’s Group report entitled Exploring recreational water

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 4 Nov 2025

The Government is considering the approach to improving access to nature and is committed to working with stakeholders as this develops. The Environment Agency’s report on recreational water use will help to inform that process.