Question follow-through · 118583
Agriculture: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct an assessment of the value of agricultural land when making decisions to invest in flood defences being based on the value of the asset needing protection.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct an assessment of the value of agricultural land when making decisions to invest in flood defences being based on the value of the asset needing protection.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
On 14 October, following consultation, the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy. The new rules will optimise funding between building new flood projects and maintaining existing defences and ensure that depriv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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