Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 31 March 2022Answered: 19 April 2022
Asked by
Helen Hayes
Labour — Dulwich and West Norwood
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
Matthew Pennycook
As I made clear in answer to a previous question, strong protections in national planning policy mean that development that could be vulnerable to flooding should not be allowed in areas of high flood risk. Where local planning authorities have approved development in spite of initial objections—for example, from the Environment Agency—they will have had to ensure that the development would be safe through, for example, adequate mitigations.