Environment Agency: Flood Defence Expenditure

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Excerpts
Tuesday 20th February 2024

(2 months, 4 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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The Government have a very large budget for this spending period—£5.2 billion—and we are about half way through that process at the moment. The future funding arrangements will be subject to a funding review at the end of this period.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)
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My Lords, can the Minister tell the House what can be done to stem the flood of Tory donors to the House of Lords?

Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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I am not sure why we would want to do that.