Written questions

Floods: Beverley and Holderness

Commons · Question 1907 · Tabled 26 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Aug 2024

Question

Asked by Graham Stuart

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ensure all domestic insurers offer Build Back Better policies to protect victims of flood damage in Beverley and Holderness constituency.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 5 Aug 2024

Build Back Better (BBB) was introduced in 2022 to allow and encourage the insurance industry to provide their claimants with the opportunity to install flood resilient measures when repairs to their property are made. Insurers representing some 75% of the...