Water Bill 2024-25
The Water Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024, and its second reading took place on 28 March 2025. The Library briefing provides an overview of the bill and background information.
Documents to download
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British Waterways (256 KB , PDF)
This note gives the present and previous governments’ policies towards British Waterways; information on Defra’s 2004-05 policy review of BW in which concluded that it was largely doing a good job; and summarises the pressing issues of recent years – the funding of BW, the effect of cuts to its budget, and its future institutional status.
Documents to download
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British Waterways (256 KB , PDF)
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