Met Office: 2023 Temperatures Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Met Office: 2023 Temperatures
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts(10 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
I believe that it is a Defra responsibility.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that, with the changes in weather patterns—intense heat followed by very short, sharp but intense showers—surface water has been identified as an increasing problem since 2007? Will he address the issue of highways authorities not having responsibility for surface water run off? This is one of the greatest causes of pollution in our rivers and it needs to be addressed where it joins with combined sewers and enters people’s homes and our rivers.
Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
It would probably be best if I wrote to my noble friend about this. She has raised a range of issues which I do not have time to go into today. I will write to her in due course.