Question follow-through · 77313
Flood Control: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with local authorities on flood preparedness.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with local authorities on flood preparedness.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Floods Resilience Taskforce meets quarterly to coordinate and drive forward work on national flood resilience by national and local government, including representatives from Local Resilience Forums, Mayoral Authorities and MHCLG. It met on 8 Septembe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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