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Coastal Erosion

Commons · Question 13333 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2026

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the current integration of coastal erosion into broader flood risk management policy constrains the development of targeted solutions; and what

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Jun 2026

In October 2025, following consultation, the government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy, making it quicker and easier to deliver the right defences in the right places. Feedback from the consultation, including from...