Bruce Napier wrote: > Not much is going to happen before the election, now, so the real > issue is what the Tories propose, after that valuable meeting Will > Chapman set up with their Waterways spokesman. (Can't find a link to a > report of it today - Martin?)
This is not the link you are looking for, Bruce, but the Tories' Water Policy can be found here: http://www.qualityoflifechallenge.com/documents/Chapter5-Water.pdf BW is mentioned in one paragraph on page 36 of 38: "British Waterways would be entrusted with responsibility for navigation and recreation in all inland and transitional waterways, manmade and natural. The Port of London Authority would be disbanded and its duties subsumed by British Waterways. The former E.A. responsibilities relating to navigation and recreation would also be transferred to British Waterways. The new British Waterways would nevertheless be regulated as a service provider by the National Water Association in order to ensure that it acted in a sustainable manner and balanced navigation and recreation needs against the other components of sound integrated water management." -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
