Question follow-through · 70108
Land Drainage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of enacting Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 on the (a) uptake and (b) effectiveness of sustainable drainage sy
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of enacting Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 on the (a) uptake and (b) effectiveness of sustainable drainage sy
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is strongly committed to improving the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and we are looking at what additional steps might be taken to support this. We have made some immediate changes to the National Planning Policy Fra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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