Insurance: Flood Risk Areas

Debate between Lord De Mauley and Lord Phillips of Sudbury

Wednesday 22nd May 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

On the noble Baroness’s specific question, it is one of a panoply of issues that need to be addressed. I will write to her further on that. She specifically mentioned London. London is a very important component of this. The Environment Agency has a plan to tackle the issue, called the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan. A key strength of the plan is its adaptability, which allows us to deploy different options to manage flood risk as new climate change guidance emerges.

[Lord Phillips of Sudbury]

What assumptions about global warming underlie the negotiations?

[Lord De Mauley]

That is a subject for a longer debate.