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HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingOf course I send condolences for all three of those deaths—any death is absolutely tragic—and I commend the lifeboat team who did such spectacular work in rescuing the trawler and…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingAgain, I send my condolences following that very sad case in Far Forest. I was in the area on Sunday, so I heard a great deal about it from the local people. My hon. Friend has…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI am pleased to hear that all those organisations did such a grand job locally. We understand the huge benefit brought by the Canal & River Trust and the great work that it does,…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI know that the Secretary of State visited my hon. Friend’s constituency today and will have seen for herself exactly what local people are facing. I know that my hon. Friend has…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingOf course it is critical that warnings go out appropriately at the right time, and that was why this incident started to be flagged the previous weekend and why the national flood…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI would like to assure the hon. Gentleman that DEFRA has been working closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which has a strategy for exactly this issue,…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingThe hon. Gentleman mentions the particular challenges that coastal areas face. We have launched a £200 million flood and coastal innovation programme to look at those issues in…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingThe hon. Lady and I have met and discussed her issues a number of times. I will just flag that we launched the frequently flooded fund of £100 million, which allocated funds to 53…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingContrary to what the right hon. Gentleman proposes, we take this matter extremely seriously. That is why we have doubled the flooding budget to £5.2 billion, as we are aware of…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingIndividual businesses can seek insurance. There is insurance out there, which I urge Worsbrough Bridge Athletic football club to seek. There are many other measures, including our…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI will certainly pass on those comments to the Department for Transport.23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingAs the hon. Gentleman will know, the water resources management plans are under discussion right now. Protections, reservoirs and water supplies will all be discussed within those…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingI have had a great many discussions with DLUHC about these issues; we also work closely with the Environment Agency, as the hon. Lady will know. The local resilience forums will…23 Oct 2023HANSARDCanal & River Trust FundingWe have had many discussions with the Canal & River Trust over the past three years on the review of its funding, and we are providing it with more than £400 million of additional…19 Oct 2023HANSARDCanal & River Trust FundingWe all recognise the important work and benefits that the Canal & River Trust brings, but the £300 million cut in funding asserted by the trust is not correct, because that…19 Oct 2023HANSARDCanal & River Trust FundingI thank my hon. Friend for all the valuable work he does in that capacity. That subject is still under discussion.19 Oct 2023HANSARDResources and Waste Strategy: Extended Producer ResponsibilityIn July, we announced the deferral of the producer payments under the extended producer responsibility scheme, moving them to October 2025. I must say that that was at the request…19 Oct 2023HANSARDResources and Waste Strategy: Extended Producer ResponsibilityDetails of the simpler recycling system will be announced shortly, but I can tell the House that it will mean that all local authorities will collect the same materials. Of…19 Oct 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Water Pollution and OverflowsI am pleased that my hon. Friend has asked that question, because no Government in history have taken a more comprehensive approach to tackling water pollution. This Conservative…19 Oct 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Water Pollution and OverflowsAs ever, my hon. Friend is right on the button. We are the only party with a costed, credible plan to tackle this issue, and we uncovered it. If Labour had a plan, it would be…19 Oct 2023