Tuesday 6th February 2024

(9 months, 3 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bellingham Portrait Lord Bellingham (Con)
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My Lords, rising temperatures obviously go hand in hand with rising sea levels and coastal erosion. The latter is having a particularly serious impact on parts of the Norfolk coast. Can the Minister confirm to the House that a previous policy of managed decline is no longer in place and that we will do all we can to help the communities affected by the impact of such events?

Lord Douglas-Miller Portrait Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
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My noble friend will be aware that the Government have committed north of £5 billion for flooding and coastal erosion. We are now half way through that programme. I will write to my noble friend specifically about the Norfolk coast.