Member

I will take the amendments in reverse order to demonstrate why I believe they are needed and why the Government should support them, beginning with Amendment 342. The surface water flood risk in England has been significantly upgraded by the Environment Agency, with projections for further increases by the middle of this century. Storm sewage overflow discharges in 2024 numbered over 450,000, lasting a combined 3.6 million hours. As I mentioned, highway run-offs are a major and still unregulated problem, and water resources are a growing challenge: 5 billion litres of extra water per day will be needed by 2050 compared to today. Nutrient pollution, as we discussed in earlier debates on the Bill, is holding back housing delivery.