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My Lords, why do we not just stop housebuilding on the flood plain, when it is quite clear that we have increased flooding due to climate change? The expense of Flood Re settlements can only rise, with the already battered wider insurance market paying higher and higher premiums. Surely the answer is to ignore the pressure from developers for planning permission on flood plains, and sensitively to take more green-belt land—or is it that the developers have some undue influence on government?
My Lords, why do we not just stop housebuilding on the flood plain, when it is quite clear that we have increased flooding due to climate change? The expense of Flood Re settlements can only rise, with the already battered wider insurance market paying higher and higher premiums. Surely the answer is to ignore the pressure from developers for planning permission on flood plains, and sensitively to take more green-belt land—or is it that the developers have some undue influence on government?
The issue relating to flooding is not so much where we build our houses but how we build them. Historically, there have been some real challenges putting the right defences in place when houses have been built on flood plains. The reality is that if we banned any housebuilding on any flood plains, we would build very few houses going forward.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to introduce regulations to place a responsibility on water utilities to inform the Environment Agency promptly of any illegal raw sewage released to any waterway.[HL548]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to introduce regulations to place a responsibility on water utilities to inform the Environment Agency promptly of any illegal raw sewage released to any waterway.[HL548]
The Government have no plans to introduce regulations to require the mandatory testing of waterways and rivers as there are already appropriate systems in place. Neither do the Government have any intention to introduce regulations to require water utilities to notify the Environment Agency of pollution incidents, as provision for this is already in place. For discharges to water, such as from sewage treatment works and combined sewer overflows, which are permitted under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (2010), there is a condition within the permits that requires the water company to notify the Environment Agency without delay following the detection of:
any malfunction, breakdown or failure of equipment or techniques, accident, or emission of a substance not controlled by an emission limit which has caused, is causing or may cause significant pollution;
the breach of a limit specified in the permit; or
any significant adverse environmental effects.
Failure to comply with this condition will result in non-compliance with the permit and potential enforcement action.
Following the recent pollution incidents that took place at Little Marlow sewage treatment works, the Environment Agency has installed continuous water quality monitoring equipment on the River Thames downstream of the outfall for the sewage treatment works. This equipment measures ammonia levels, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and temperature. Live data from the monitors are available to members of the public from a dedicated website.
The monitoring equipment alerts Environment Agency incident officers of any unusual readings that indicate the presence of pollution. Should any future pollution occur from Thames Water's Little Marlow works, the Environment Agency will share the information with the local river user groups and event organisers.
The Environment Agency has been working with Public Health England and Wycombe District Council Environmental Health to advise river users of the health risk of events on the Thames.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in answering all questions on mapping data relating to flood plains, "mapping data" will be interpreted as including high-resolution height data for flood plains in Cumbria; and whether, in light of this, they will review the Written Answer by Lord Henley of 3 November...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in answering all questions on mapping data relating to flood plains, "mapping data" will be interpreted as including high-resolution height data for flood plains in Cumbria; and whether, in light of this, they will review the Written Answer by Lord Henley of 3 November...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Environment Agency will reconsider their policy restricting the use of flood mapping modelling methods and software in relation to non-commercial interests researching flood plain mapping.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Environment Agency will reconsider their policy restricting the use of flood mapping modelling methods and software in relation to non-commercial interests researching flood plain mapping.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether collaborative agreements between the Environment Agency (EA) and non-commercial researchers on the use of flood plain data relating to flooding in Cumbria will be drawn up to exclude EA restrictions on the use of modelling methods and software.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether collaborative agreements between the Environment Agency (EA) and non-commercial researchers on the use of flood plain data relating to flooding in Cumbria will be drawn up to exclude EA restrictions on the use of modelling methods and software.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce an accelerated process to cover the drawing up of collaborative agreements between the Environment Agency and non-commercial researchers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce an accelerated process to cover the drawing up of collaborative agreements between the Environment Agency and non-commercial researchers.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Environment Agency was informed by the water companies as to the contents of reports by them which led to the stopping of the extraction of water over the night of 13 September from waste ducts below the surface water levels of the River Thames at...
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Environment Agency was informed by the water companies as to the contents of reports by them which led to the stopping of the extraction of water over the night of 13 September from waste ducts below the surface water levels of the River Thames at...
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to take any legal proceedings against those responsible for the leak of diesel into the River Thames on 13 and 14 September; and
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they intend to take any legal proceedings against those responsible for the leak of diesel into the River Thames on 13 and 14 September; and
What evaluation has taken place on the effect on wildlife and geese, swan and fish stocks of the leak of diesel into the River Thames at Maidenhead in the week of 10 September; and
What evaluation has taken place on the effect on wildlife and geese, swan and fish stocks of the leak of diesel into the River Thames at Maidenhead in the week of 10 September; and
For what period of time the water extraction arrangements at Bray were withdrawn from service during the incident of diesel pollution of the River Thames at Maidenhead in the week of 10 September; and
For what period of time the water extraction arrangements at Bray were withdrawn from service during the incident of diesel pollution of the River Thames at Maidenhead in the week of 10 September; and
Whether they will review the powers available to the Environment Agency for the prevention of diesel pollution of rivers with a view to including the removal of offending equipment at a cost to those responsible; and
Whether they will review the powers available to the Environment Agency for the prevention of diesel pollution of rivers with a view to including the removal of offending equipment at a cost to those responsible; and
On what date and at what time the leak of diesel into the River Thames at Maidenhead during the week of 10 September was first reported to the Environment Agency.
On what date and at what time the leak of diesel into the River Thames at Maidenhead during the week of 10 September was first reported to the Environment Agency.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress the Environment Agency has made in implementing its action plan in response to the independent report on the Easter 1998 floods; and if he will make a statement on the serious flooding in Todmorden and other areas of Northern...
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress the Environment Agency has made in implementing its action plan in response to the independent report on the Easter 1998 floods; and if he will make a statement on the serious flooding in Todmorden and other areas of Northern...