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Flood Control: Hemsby

Commons · Question 82477 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the condition of coastal defences at Hemsby in Norfolk.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 21 Oct 2025

Corrected 21 Oct 2025 by Emma Hardy

Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) are the responsible risk management authority for the coast at Hemsby and have been working on erosion management issues at Hemsby for many years. Earlier this year an independent report commissioned by GYBC detailed...