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Flood Control and Sewers

Commons · Question 25076 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

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Asked by Aphra Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 is being implemented in full; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's d

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 28 Jan 2025

This Government is strongly committed to requiring standardised SuDS in new developments. We believe that this can be achieved through either improving the current planning led approach using powers now available, or commencing Schedule 3 to the FWMA 2010...