Inland Waterways Association Waterway Recovery Group

EDM number 655 in 2009-10, proposed by Bob Laxton on 19/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Shipping.

That this House congratulates the Inland Waterways Association Waterway Recovery Group for achieving 40 years working to restore Britain's canals and rivers; notes that every year more than 20 week-long canal camps are held where volunteers work to restore waterways which have included the Kennet and Avon canal and saving the Peak Forest; further notes that the Waterway Recovery Group brings expertise and equipment which would not otherwise be available to canal societies and others; further notes that many volunteers learn new skills that can transfer into future employment; further notes that the Waterway Recovery Group is celebrating its anniversary with a programme of working holidays planned across the country from Wales to Essex and Derbyshire to Devon; and wishes all the volunteers and those associated with the Waterway Recovery Group a further successful 40 years and many more restorations in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.