Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for tidal lagoons which are connected to the land to reduce the risk of flooding.

Defra’s guidance recommends that all options should be appraised when considering potential solutions to flood risk. The potential for options will depend on the impacts, including the costs and the benefits, of each option on a case by case basis.