Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency has made on dredging Liggard Brook to prevent flooding in Lytham.

The Environment Agency has commissioned the framework contractor BMM to de-silt (dredge) the tidal sections of Liggard Brook and Main Drain in Lytham, as part of the wider East Lytham project. The framework contractors will also be surveying silt levels in the non-tidal section of Liggard Brook through Lytham so we can assess the need for further de-silting work. BMM are on site now and the majority of work is due for completion in autumn 2017. The East Lytham project also includes replacing the pumps and controls at Dock Bridge pumping station, and altering the culvert and storm pump outfall to help increase the river flow.