Question follow-through · 116596

Floods Resilience Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions the Flood Resilience Taskforce has had with local fire and rescue services on responding to major flooding incidents.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
27 Feb 2026
Target answer date
3 Mar 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions the Flood Resilience Taskforce has had with local fire and rescue services on responding to major flooding incidents.

  2. 3 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Floods Resilience Taskforce brings together representatives from national, regional and local government, devolved Governments and the emergency services including the National Fire Chiefs Council and the Fire Brigades Union who are standing members. ...

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