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HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI recognise how difficult it is when people cannot afford insurance. There are no current plans to look at homes built after 2009, but of course the Government always keep…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI thank my hon. Friend for recognising the money that we are investing in York, not least owing to the formidable campaigning that she has undertaken for a long time, and also for…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI echo my hon. Friend’s gratitude to flood wardens and volunteers all over the country, and I know how much this issue means to her. I am delighted that Flood Re is halving the…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI know how difficult the loss of those homes has been for the hon. Lady and her constituents. Losing one’s home because of coastal erosion must be devastating. There are no…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise the concern about surface water flooding, which, owing to climate change and flash flooding, is becoming a greater risk than it ever was in…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI absolutely love Slow the Flow, and I made a delightful visit to my hon. Friend’s constituency to look at the flood defences there. The halving of the contents-only flood element…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReThe hon. Lady raises an important point, and I absolutely recognise the impact that flooding has on businesses. Through the floods resilience taskforce, we have been looking at…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReI recognise the work that my hon. Friend has done on this issue through the Environmental Audit Committee. Although businesses are not eligible for Flood Re, the record amount of…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReAs the hon. Gentleman will know, that particular scheme is supported by MHCLG. However, we have been having conversations about the best way that we can support people…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Insurance: Reform of Flood ReAs I am sure the hon. Gentleman knows, that is a question for MHCLG, not DEFRA. However, we work closely with MHCLG to make sure that the homes that we desperately need in this…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFlood Re: ReformPlease refer to the oral statement made earlier today. [HCWS174]01 Jul 2026HANSARD Water Supply in KentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Sojan Joseph) for securing this debate, and for his excellent work on…10 Jun 2026HANSARDWater SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I thank everybody for what has been a really good debate. It shows Parliament at its best when we all try to work…09 Jun 2026HANSARDWater SafetyWithout straying too far from the debate that we are having, the question of inequality is very interesting, especially with the news that the Conservative party wants to get rid…09 Jun 2026HANSARDFlood Risk Management in EnglandInvestment programme performance in 2024 - 25 and 2025 - 26 Between April 2024 and March 2026, the Government invested £2.65 billion to construct new flood schemes and repair…09 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend is right to point out how beautiful and rare our chalk streams are. In fact, they are often known as our rainforests, because England is one of the only places in…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesThe Government are, of course, determined to tackle the sewage scandal head-on and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas for good. We want to address the root cause of pollution. We…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesAgain, my hon. Friend is a formidable campaigner on this issue; she has raised it with me on many occasions both in public and in private, and she is absolutely right to do so.…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank the right hon. Gentleman for this question, and for his question last week as well. As I mentioned last week, the water delivery taskforce looks at planning. It is looking…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Water CompaniesI thank the hon. Member for his question, but I think it is a misrepresentation—I am sure it was an accident—to say that the Government are doing any kind of deals. The Government…08 Jun 2026