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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 February 2026

Debate

Changing Weather Patterns and Floods

Contribution

My Lords, the Minister will be aware that there is an issue with storing water on farmland as it breaches the de minimis rule of the Reservoirs Act 1975. When does she plan to revisit that Act? Will she learn from Pickering’s Slowing the Flow and the work in Hull to use sustainable drains to store the water at source and save it for use in times of drought?

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