Baroness Jones of Whitchurch – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 2016-01-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the membership and terms of reference of the group established to carry out their national flood review.
Lord Bridges of Headley
A National Flood Resilience Review will be led by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Letwin and include the Government’s Chief Scientist, Defra, DECC, DCLG, HMT and the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and the Met Office.
We will look afresh at how we calculate flood risk, in light of recent events. This will see Government updating ‘worst case scenario’ planning, considering the future impacts of climate change.
Work is already underway and we are testing the resilience of our critical infrastructure, including electricity substations, water treatments plants and telecoms. We have committed to keeping the public informed of progress, and will be providing an update in the coming months, and will publish findings from the review in the summer.
