River Great Ouse: Flood Control
Commons · Question 28893 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps further to those previously anticipated are needed by the Environment Agency to justify and gain approval to deliver the replacement of St Ives sluice.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 17 Sep 2026
St Ives Sluice is progressing through the Environment Agency full business case approval process. The fixed weir option currently provides the best whole life cost solution.