Debates between Earl of Clancarty and Lord Douglas-Miller during the 2019 Parliament

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Environment Agency: Flood Defence Expenditure

Debate between Earl of Clancarty and Lord Douglas-Miller
Tuesday 20th February 2024

(2 months, 2 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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I do not have the details to hand at the moment, but I will write to the noble Baroness in due course.

Earl of Clancarty Portrait The Earl of Clancarty (CB)
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My Lords, I will follow on from the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours. In answer to a Written Question that I asked last month, I had the most extraordinary reply: that neither Defra nor the Environment Agency holds data on the amount of new build that has been flooded. This is clearly important in thinking about both flood defences and building new homes. Do the Government intend to make good this gap in knowledge?

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