Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7131

Flood Control

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Caroline Voaden

Liberal DemocratSouth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the water industry invests in proven nature-based solutions for natural flood management.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra recognises that nature and catchment-based solutions in the water sector have an important role to play. The strategic policy statement in 2022 set out the governments priorities for Ofwat. This set out that water companies should significantly incr...

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