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Flood and Water Management Act 2010

Commons · Question 73168 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to bring schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 into force in England.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025

The Government is strongly committed to improving the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and we are looking at what additional steps might be taken to support this. Better delivery of SuDS may be achieved by continuing to improve the cu...