Oral QuestionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

“What steps he is taking to (a) reduce carbon emissions and (b) improve energy efficiency in new homes.”

Tabled: 13 February 2020Answered: 24 February 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Ms Abena Oppong-Asare)

As I mentioned earlier, the resilience review will strengthen our approach to resilience across a range of risks we face, including flooding. We have already taken important measures through the creation of the dedicated floods resilience taskforce, the first meeting of which I attended last month.