Inland Waterways
Commons · Question 105017 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has produced a recent risk assessment for the impact of canal embankment breaches on narrowboats.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 15 Jan 2026
Responsibility for the safe operation of canals rests with the navigation authorities. In the case of the Canal and River Trust, Defra officials meet the Trust’s senior management team to discuss the Trust’s work and use of the Government grant funding, a...