British Waterways Board Parliament
Merits Committee took evidence on waterways Public Bodies Orders
24 April 2012
Draft Inland Waterways Advisory Council (Abolition) Order 2012; Draft British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012.
- Parliament TV: British Waterways Board and Inland Waterways Advisory Council Public Bodies Orders
- Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
The Committee met to consider these Orders on March 27th and decided to initiate the enhanced 60 day procedure. The Committee took oral evidence relating to these Orders on April 24th from:
Witnesses
At 3.45pm, Tuesday 24 April, Committee Room 3a, Palace of Westminster
- Mr Richard Benyon MP MRICS, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Robin Evans BSc FRICS, Chief Executive of British Waterways and Chief Executive Designate of Canal and River Trust
- Nigel Johnson BSc (Econ), Legal Director and Corporate Services Director of British Waterways and Company Secretary to Canal and River Trust
- John Kittmer, Deputy Director, Inland Waterways
The uncorrected transcript of the oral evidence can be found on the Committee's Public Bodies Orders page.