Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 July 2023 on Future funding for the Canal & River Trust, HCWS924, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the announced funding arrangement on the maintenance of inland waterways.

I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 21 July 2023 to his previous question PQ UIN 194527 of 17 July 2023.