Flood Control
(asked on 14th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what actions resulted from the first meeting of the flood and drought resilience taskforce on 14 October.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 29th October 2026
The Flood and Drought Resilience Taskforce agreed on 14 October to establish dedicated Action Groups on:
- strengthening community engagement and public communications;
- advancing resilient water abstraction;
- increasing the uptake of property flood resilience measures to protect homes, and:
- improving support for those at risk from coastal erosion and landslips.