Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 9554
Flood Control
Tabled: 16 October 2024
Answered: 21 October 2024
Named DayQuestion
Patrick Spencer
Independent — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to support for landowners to maintain stretches of waterways on their land to help mitigate future flooding risk.
Answer
Emma HardyAll farmers and land managers are encouraged to manage the land in a way that supports and enhances the environment while reducing impacts on others, such as climate risks. Where there is a watercourse, riparian landowners are required under common law to...
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