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Flood Control: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help protect rural communities at risk of flooding.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
5 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help protect rural communities at risk of flooding.

  2. 5 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Protecting communities around the country from flooding and coastal erosion is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities. That’s why we are launching a Flood Resilience Taskforce to provide oversight of national and local flood resilience a...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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