§ 8. Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his assessment of the impact of rising water levels on the potential for flooding in the Thames and Medway estuaries. [17672]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Department's current guidance to flood defence operating authorities is that an allowance of 6 mm a year should be made for relative sea level rise due to global warming and vertical land movements when assessing the need for further coastal defence measures in the south of England.