Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 20860

Land Drainage and Roads: Regulation

Tabled: 17 December 2024
Answered: 6 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of existing (a) culvert and (b) land drainage responsibility legislation.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra keeps all legislation under review. Between 2022 and 2024, Defra undertook a review of the statutory powers and responsibilities to map, monitor, inspect and maintain all flood and coastal erosion risk assets, including culverts. This review also co...
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