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Flood Control

Commons · Question 68858 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its policies on (a) decentralised rainwater management and (b) building (i) reservoirs and (ii) sewage pl

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Jul 2025

In June this year, the Government introduced new national standards, making clear that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be designed to cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits in the form o...