Mr. Patrick Harkin:

Every five days the boats should move 500 m. We are going to drop that requirement. If a boat is west of Lock 16, which is Kilcock or Sallins, then the boat can be left in situfor the year tied up to the mooring. This is a significant benefit we are giving to the boaters. Between Lock 16 at Sallins up to Lock 12, and equally from Kilcock, effectively up to the M50, we are creating a suburban zone that will be a residential zone, either serviced or unserviced. In that area the boaters will be paying the fees we have discussed. We will have a programme of houseboat moorings and facilities improved. There will be a ten-day visitor recreational boat permitted in that area. Then the boater can move back out to west of Lock 16 again. We are giving significant benefits to the boaters through forgoing the five-day rule and introducing a ten-day rule. If we look at the London scenario, hundreds of boats in London are on recreational permits and are being lived on. We do not want that scenario in our waterways. It is a management tool.