In the Lords

The Government is doubling funding for flood defences to £5.2 billion in this week’s Budget, helping to build 2000 new flood and coastal

Since 2016, Defra has worked with insurers and other industry representatives through a Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Roundtable to tak

The Environment Agency’s (EA’s) Flood Map for Planning (https://flood-map-for-pl

The Environment Agency (EA) is the competent authority for waste shipments for England.

The Government have put in place the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016 which provide the framework for safe drinking water.

The second Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) published in 2017 identifies risks to flooding and coastal change as one of the UK’s top

To be able to meet our commitment of net-zero emissions by 2050, every single department of government has to deliver a plan showing how

This Government are introducing genuinely ground-breaking legislation this year.

As I rose to answer my noble friend’s question, I was told that her second point is being considered by the Government as we speak.

The noble Viscount raises an important point: there is such a thing as good environmental policy and such a thing as bad environmental po