"I suggest that the noble Lord has asked an incredibly wide-ranging and sweeping question. I am afraid I simply do not have those figures at my fingertips...." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"Protecting homes is clearly very important. The national assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk, published in January last year, shows that around 6.3 million properties in England are at risk of flooding. With climate change, we believe that this could increase to 8 million. So this is a really …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"My Lords, this Government are committed to supporting more sustainable water management, both locally and nationally. Specifically in Yorkshire, we are working with the Connected by Water partnership, which is looking at ways to manage water more sustainably to reduce flood risk and drought. A key part is the integrated …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"The noble Baroness raises a very important point, and that is why we now have a strategic objective to ensure that at least 4% of flood and coastal erosion risk management investment over the next 10 years is dedicated to natural flood management. This means that we will invest at …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"Obviously, I cannot comment on the specific issue to which the noble Baroness refers, but we are absolutely committed to improving the implementation of sustainable drainage systems. The noble Baroness is aware that we have updated the national planning policy framework to do so, and we introduced new national standards …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"When we brought in the recent water Act, we expected water companies to respect what Parliament had passed, and to behave in the right way regarding paying themselves bonuses when they were continuing to pollute. We will do what we can to crack down on that and to change behaviour, …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"Absolutely, and that is why Defra’s strategic policy statement sets out that we expect Ofwat to challenge water companies to halve leakage across the industry by 2050. We also want more investment, because that will also help to solve the leakage problem. Alongside that, we are working to ensure the …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"As I mentioned in response to the earlier question, we know that natural flood management attracts contributions from partners, including private partners, and that is something we must do. As the noble Baroness has just said, flooding has a big impact on climate change. We are not going to solve …..." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"My noble friend is absolutely right to raise this, and that is why we are prioritising a further water White Paper to sort these issues out...." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech
"I assure the noble Baroness that we talk regularly about the importance of this not just to the Treasury but to other departments...." Baroness Hayman of Ullock - View Speech