Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118583

Agriculture: Flood Control

Tabled: 6 March 2026

Answered: 12 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct an assessment of the value of agricultural land when making decisions to invest in flood defences being based on the value of the asset needing protection.

Answer

Emma Hardy

On 14 October, following consultation, the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy. The new rules will optimise funding between building new flood projects and maintaining existing defences and ensure that depriv...

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