Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Patrick Spencer and Angela Rayner

Monday 20th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Angela Rayner]

Yes.

[Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) (Con)]

Suffolk has a huge flooding problem. Part of the problem has been driven by overdevelopment in low-lying rural areas. In her steps to reform the planning system—as well as building more houses, which I totally accept we need to do—can the Secretary of State promise to force councils and developers to properly account for flood risk, ensure that developers are held accountable to residents when developments are badly impacted by floods, and ensure that housing targets favour homes built in dense urban areas?