Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled Resilient supply chains, published on 20 October 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation on integrating into his Department's climate change adaptation strategy a plan to increase resilience of transport infrastructure to help maintain the provision of (a) medicine, (b) clean water and (c) other goods and services.

The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2022 identified ‘Risks to business from disruption to supply chains and distribution networks’. The Department for Transport is considering action against relevant risks identified by the Climate Change Committee.