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	answer has question	UI4eCjOu
	answer has answering person	Margaret Beckett
	answer text	Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the risk to theNorfolk Broads as a result of coastal erosion in the Happisburgh area. [103778]Margaret Beckett: Responsibility for assessing such risks rests with the local operating authorities. The Environment Agency has seadefence responsibility for the length of coastline from Cart Gap, Eccles to Winterton, which fronts the low lying hinterlandincluding the Norfolk Broads. North Norfolk district council has coast protection responsibility for the cliffs at Happisburgh.There is some concern abut the risk of a breach in the frontage at Cart Gap as a result of cliff erosion, but both operatingauthorities judge that such a risk is not expected for at least 15 to 20 years. Both authorities are keeping the position underreview, and the Council monitors the rate of erosion monthly.
	answer given date	2003-03-31
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	ycx59wzi
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	ycx59wzi
UI4eCjOu	question has answer	ycx59wzi
Margaret Beckett	answering person has answer	ycx59wzi