Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 18 March 2014.
Bob Stewart
Conservative, Beckenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward proposals to re-introduce the National Rivers Authority staffed with civil and flood engineers.
Dan Rogerson
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Triennial Review of the Environment Agency concluded in June 2013 that the organisation should be retained with its current purpose and statutory role. There are no immediate plans to review this.
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