Peatlands Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Peatlands
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
My Lords, given the role that peatlands play in flood defences, as the noble Baroness said, will the Minister pay tribute to all those involved in the Slowing the Flow pilot scheme in Pickering? Will he ensure that more private sector funding, either from water companies or others, can also be factored in to speed up the programme to which he refers?
Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
My noble friend makes a very good point on the involvement of private companies. It is one of the Government’s aims to involve them more and get a bigger response from them shortly.