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Presentation
of the main SOW petition to the Waterways Minister (14 May) |
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Uncorrected
transcript of evidence (8 May) from British Waterways on the recall to the EFRA
Select Committee's enquiry into British Waterways. |
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Official
report of an Adjournment Debate (25 April) in westminster hall on the topic of
British Waterways, in the name of Michael Fabricant,MP. |
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Uncorrected
transcript of evidence (23 April) (including from the Waterways Minister, Barry
Gardiner), to the EFRA Select Committee's enquiry into British Waterways. |
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Uncorrected
transcript of further evidence (16 April) to the EFRA Select Committee's
enquiry into British Waterways, in the session held at the National Waterways
Museum, Gloucester. |
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Writtten
Parliamentary answers from Barry Gardiner, 27 March 2007 (Starts about half a
page down in the document) |
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Official
report of the adjournment debate on Waterways of the West Midlands in
Westminster Hall, 27 March 2007. |
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Announcement
of a second adjournment debate on the waterways. |
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Uncorrected
transcript of further evidence (12 March) to the EFRA Select Committee's
enquiry into British Waterways, including the evidence from BW itself. |
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Uncorrected
transcript of the second (5 March) day's evidence to the EFRA Select
Committee's enquiry into British Waterways. |
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Uncorrected
transcript of the first (26 February) day's evidence to the EFRA Select
Committee's enquiry into British Waterways. |
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The EFRA
Select Committee has decided to hold a public hearing in Gloucester in 16
April, to which members of the oublic can offer to give evidence. |
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The
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee's report on DEFRA, 7 February
2007 |
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An abridged
version of the above (thanks to Emrhys Barrell) |
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A group of
written PQs from Charlotte Atkins to Barry Gardiner, 6 February 2007,
concerning BW's maintenance programme. |
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And some more
PQs to Barry Gardiner, 14 December. (The BW questions start a litle way down
the page.) |
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A follow-up to
the below, in questions to the Leader of the House, 14 December. |
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Official press
release announcing that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select
Committee of the House of Commons is to hold an enquiry into the work of Britsh
Waterways, and inviting submissions. |
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A question to
the Prime Minister, 13 December 2006. |
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Parliamentary
Waterways Group, 12 December 2006. |
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Some new Early Day
Motions |
UPDATED 14 DECEMBER |
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Hansard
report of the Adjournment Debate about the effect of the cuts, in Westminster
Hall, 6 December 2006. (Starts half-way down the first page.) |
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Video of the
same Adjournment Debate. (I don't know how long this will remain
available.) |
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Some more
Parliamentary Questions answered by the Waterways Minister, Barry Gardiner MP.
Not much new in any of the answers! |
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And another
one. |
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Some more
Parliamentary Questions from Andrew Stunnell MP with replies from the Waterways
Minister, Barry Gardiner MP. (Unknown date) |
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Three new
Early Day Motions tabled on 15 November 2006, the first day of the new
Parliamentary Session. |
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David
Milliband's statement to the Commons about the farm payments, 7 November, and
the ensuing debate, in which three MPs raised the matter of the waterways
cuts. |
| Sir Peter
Soulsby MP (Leicester South) – former Board Member of British Waterways
and a former Deputy Chairman of The Waterways Trust, very well known by many in
IWA, secured a 1½ hour Adjournment debate on our area of concern under
the title Impact of grant reductions on the work of British Waterways.
The debate was due to take place in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 8th November,
but all Westminster Hall debates on that day were cancelled when Parliament was
prorogued (i.e. the Parliamentary Session ended). |
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Early Day
Motion 2863 was tabled on 25 October by Paul Rowan MP, and deals with the
effect of the cuts on the Rochdale Canal. It gained 32 signatures. |
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Early Day
Motion 2829 was tabled on 23 October by David Drew MP and deals with EA
funding. It gained 69 signatures. |
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On 17 October
Charlotte Atkins MP tabled an Early Day Motion (number 2757) in the House of
Commons calling for funding to be returned to the waterways and remain so into
the future. The wording of the motion is on the House of Commons website, along
with the list of MPs who have signed it - 163 when the Parliamentary Session
finished on 7 November. |
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Debate on
Michael Fabricant MPs' question in DEFRA QUESTIONS in Parliament, from
Hansard for 2 November. (Starts halfway down the page.) |
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Some more
PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN ANSWERS from Hansard for 2 November. (Starts near
the bottom of the page and continues on the next page). |
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SOME WRITTEN
ANSWERS IN PARLIAMENT, from Hansard for 30 October 2006.
The
Secretary of State is still only telling part of the figure for cuts to
Parliament, in comparison to what BW has been told. |
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A
PARLIAMENTARY ANSWER FROM THE WATERWAYS MINISTER. Summarised for us by
NABO. |
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SOME FACTS
FROM HANSARD |
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IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS, 12 October 2006 |
