United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 30675
Agriculture: Flood Control
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17 March 2020
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25 March 2020 · Answer
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Agriculture
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25 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make payments to farmers to use fields to soak up water at times of flood risk; and if he will make a statement.
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17 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make payments to farmers to use fields to soak up water at times of flood risk; and if he will make a statement.
Source: Commons
25 March 2020
Answer
There are many measures the Government can use to mitigate the risk of flooding and coastal erosion in England, especially when considered across an entire catchment. These include building and maintaining traditional defence schemes and using more natura...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-17/30675
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1185864
- uk · wq-1185864 · source updated 25 March 2020