Insurance: Flood Risk Areas Debate
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Lord Phillips of Sudbury
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Insurance: Flood Risk Areas
Lord Phillips of Sudbury Excerpts(11 years, 7 months ago)
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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?