Written question asked by Ray Powell (Labour) on Monday, 22 June 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 June 1998. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 25 June 1998 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to remove entitlement to compensation if an abstraction water licence for irrigating crops is revoked or varied. - Inc ref to The Review of the Water Abstraction Licensing System in England and Wales - Consultation Paper.

Answer: Sir Raymond Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to remove entitlement to compensation if an abstraction water licence for irrigating crops is revoked or varied. [47515] Angela Eagle: As set out in The Review of the Water Abstraction Licensing System in England and Wales-- Consultation Paper which we published on 19 June, we are minded to remove, from a date to be determined, compensation for losses arising from the revocation or variation of any abstraction licence which has been granted without time limit if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the proposed action is necessary in order to protect the associated water environment from significant damage.

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