Councils and farmers discuss flood prevention methods
27 April 2016
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee holds an oral evidence session with local authorities and farmers looking at local and natural methods of preventing flooding as part of its future flood prevention inquiry.
- Watch Parliament TV: Future flood prevention
- Inquiry: Future flood prevention
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Witnesses
Wednesday 27 April 2016, Committee Room 18, Palace of Westminster
At 2.15pm
- Innes Thomson, Chief Executive, Association of Drainage Authorities
- Councillor Mark Hawthorne, Chairman of the People and Places Board and Leader of Gloucestershire County Council, Local Government Association
At 3.00pm
- Minette Batters, Deputy President, National Farmers Union
- Ross Murray, President, Country Land and Business Association
- Kevin Peberdy, Director of Wetland Experience and Creation at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Blueprint for Water Coalition
Purpose of session
The first panel focuses on:
- local community and drainage board roles in preventing flooding
The second panel focuses on:
- how natural management methods, such as storing water on farmland or improving land management, can help to slow water flows
Further information
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