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Proceeding contribution from Lord Krebs (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 31 March 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Water Bill.

The figure I mentioned was in fact 190,000 properties. I do not have the detail of how they would be prioritised, but over the lifetime of Flood Re it is hoped that all 190,000 could be fitted with household protection measures that would increase their resilience against future flood risk.

As I was saying, investing the surplus from Flood Re would help to minimise its costs over the lifetime of the policy. To achieve that, Flood Re will have to invest in flood protection to reduce future claims. As this amendment indicates, guidance is needed on whether and how surpluses might be used and under what circumstances investment in household resilience should be pursued. So it is not prescriptive; it is just saying that guidance should be included. I think that perhaps answers the noble Lord’s question.

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Reference

753 c800 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Subjects

Legislation

Water Bill 2013-14
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