Labour backs lake speeding ban
Labour would ban speeding boats on Lake Windermere, Michael Meacher, the party's environment spokesman, has pledged.
The National Park Authority has won the right to a judicial review of the decision by John Gummer, the Secretary of State for the Environment, who rejected the findings of a public inquiry which recommended reducing the speed limit to 10 miles an hour. Mr Meacher said a Labour government would respect the findings.
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