Question follow-through · 17257
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Environment Agency has adequate powers to pre-emptively tackle flooding in areas of high risk.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Environment Agency has adequate powers to pre-emptively tackle flooding in areas of high risk.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Environment Agency (EA) has a strategic overview of the management of all sources of flooding and coastal change in England and is the lead authority for managing flood risk from main rivers, estuaries and the sea. The EA is delivering the Government’...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Fly-tipping
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support councils to tackle industrial scale fly-tips from organised criminal operators.