{"value":{"id":1815596,"askingMemberId":5296,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-06-26T00:00:00","uin":"62071","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on designating nine new National River walks; and if he will make an assessment of the merits of establishing a new chalk stream river walk in the Chiltern National Landscape.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1579,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-06-26T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is progressing plans to designate nine new National River Walks across England, one in each region, to enhance access to nature. We are currently considering possible locations for the River Walks as well as several delivery options and will provide more information once we are in a position to do so.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Rights of Way: Rivers","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1815596","method":"GET"}]}