Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Environment Agency plans to publish its updated National flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England.
The Environment Agency consulted on the draft National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England in May 2019. It has now reviewed the draft strategy following that consultation and in accordance with the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, and has submitted the strategy to the Secretary of State for consideration. Once the Secretary of State has approved the strategy, it will be laid in Parliament for 40 days.