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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 September 2026

Debate

Summer Drought: Future Supply Disruption

Contribution

My Lords, I welcome the response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee’s Surviving Drought report to which the Minister referred, but she will be aware of the impact on farming, the horticultural sector and the fruit and vegetable sector that this year’s drought has caused. There is a very strong case for small on-farm reservoirs, and this needs to be dealt with urgently. We cannot wait another 10 years for these major reservoirs, for which there is a need, to be built. Please will she authorise her department to proceed with these small, much-needed on-farm reservoirs?

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