HC Deb 04 June 1998 vol 313 c341W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food pursuant to his oral answer of 22 January 1998,Official Report, column 1132, on sea levels in the Thames Estuary and River Medway, what progress the Environment Agency has made in respect of its surveys into projected sea level rises. [42749]

Mr. Morley

I regret that my reply of 22 January 1998,Official Report, column 1132, may have been misleading. The Environment Agency undertakes surveys of areas at risk of flooding and as preliminary studies for proposed defences. The interpretation of such surveys and studies take into account Ministry guidance on sea level rise. However the Agency is not carrying out surveys relating solely to projected sea level rise.