Speeches by Chowns.

“Why are flood warnings sometimes too late? What is causing that?”

“Siobhan, do you want to follow up on that? From my own experience in Herefordshire, I know exactly the situation. There is a real issue with meeting the threshold of a certain number of households being affected before support mechanisms from central Government can kick in to support local government to support affecte…”

“I will move on to a set of questions around flood warnings. We have been talking about resilience measures. Siobhan, how effective is communication around flooding and early warning systems in your area in Shrewsbury?”

“Patterns of flooding are changing, and we need to update our systems too.”

“Mary, how will the withdrawal of the Flood Re reinsurance scheme in 2039 impact people’s ability to access property resilience measures?”

“Siobhan and Graham, what role should local authorities specifically play in supporting flood resilience? How could they better incentivise that resilience action?”

“Graham, have there been times when it was not clear which agency was responsible for dealing with flooding or issuing warnings or whatever, or when you received conflicting advice from different organisations? How navigable, basically, is the ecosystem of organisations in this?”

“Siobhan and Graham, what role should local authorities specifically play in supporting flood resilience? How could they better incentivise that resilience action?”

“I will move on to a set of questions around flood warnings. We have been talking about resilience measures. Siobhan, how effective is communication around flooding and early warning systems in your area in Shrewsbury?”

“Mary, would you agree with that?”

“Why are flood warnings sometimes too late? What is causing that?”

“Patterns of flooding are changing, and we need to update our systems too.”

“Graham, have there been times when it was not clear which agency was responsible for dealing with flooding or issuing warnings or whatever, or when you received conflicting advice from different organisations? How navigable, basically, is the ecosystem of organisations in this?”

“Siobhan, do you want to follow up on that? From my own experience in Herefordshire, I know exactly the situation. There is a real issue with meeting the threshold of a certain number of households being affected before support mechanisms from central Government can kick in to support local government to support affecte…”

“rose—”

“Will the right hon. Lady give way?”

“On that point, will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I will be brief. I strongly support amendment 6, tabled by the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington. Accepting the amendment would go a long way towards addressing the concerns about enforcement, late payment and so on. Let us adopt it.”

“I fully support this.”

“The Minister’s response indicates that he believes it is reasonable to expect the Government, and therefore essentially taxpayers, to bear the costs of environmental damage caused by developers. That is surely not reasonable. How will the structure set out in the Bill work, be viable, protect nature or indeed improve i…”