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Floods: Dorset

Commons · Question 40406 · Tabled 21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what emergency response plans are in place for severe flooding events in (a) Bothenhampton, (b) Bridport, (c) Maiden Newton, (d) Ryme Intrinseca, (e) Yetminster and (f) Chilfrome.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 28 Mar 2025

Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. That is why we set up a Flood Resilience Taskforce to provide oversight of national and local flood resilience and preparedness ahead of and a...