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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 April 2026

Debate

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Flood Prevention and Drought Resilience

Contribution

My Lords, action under the ELMS budget, such as establishing buffer strips along watercourses or restoring peatlands, can improve biodiversity while naturally reducing flood risk, and would be important to consider, particularly with our changing weather patterns, which result in persistent rainfall during the winter and periods of drought over the summer. Can further thought therefore be given to storage ponds for such water to help with food security, farm production and overall resilience in our farming sphere?

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