| Heading: |
Flood Control: Dredging |
| Question ID: |
1744609 |
| UIN: |
16269 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4853 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Hudson
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Neil Hudson
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of dredging on flood mitigation. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
|
| Answering Member handle: |
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
Dredging and clearing channels are an important option for watercourse maintenance, where it is technically and cost effective, does not significantly increase flood risk for others downstream, and does not damage the environment and wildlife. Its effecti... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |