I completely take the noble Baroness’s point, but I reiterate our point that local planning authorities are expected to steer new development to areas at least risk of flooding. That is not to say that we will not have one-off events. Nowhere is safe from that sort of one-off event.
Housing and Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Williams of Trafford
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 March 2016.
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and
Debate on bills on Housing and Planning Bill.
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