River Thames: Flood Control
Commons · Question 9781 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Spencer
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency’s performance on flood risk asset management along the non-tidal Thames; and what discussions he has had with that
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Oct 2024
Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities. That’s why this Government launched a Flood Resilience Taskforce to provide oversight of national and local flood resilience and preparedn...