Oral Answers to Questions

Daniel Kawczynski Excerpts
Thursday 11th December 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con)
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8. How many flood defence schemes will be built as part of the Government’s six-year flood defence programme.

Daniel Kawczynski Portrait Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con)
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11. How many flood defence schemes will be built as part of the Government's six-year flood defence programme.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Elizabeth Truss)
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With permission, I will answer questions 8 and 11 together.

We will be investing £2.3 billion in more than 1,400 defence schemes over the next six years, protecting at least 300,000 homes and reducing overall flood risk by 5% by 2021.