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Climate adaptation and emergency response

Status: Open Opened: 9 Sep 2025 9 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The UK is facing increasingly frequent and severe environmental and weather-related events, including storms, flooding, heatwaves and wildfires. These, and other weather and climate related events, pose growing risks to public health, infrastructure, food production, and the natural environment. The Climate Change Committee has reported that long-term economic output could fall by up to 7% …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
6th Report - Erosion of trust: the impact of coastal erosio… HC 1317 20 Mar 2026 15 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
12 Recommendation 6th Report - Erosion of trust: the impa… Rejected

The Environment Agency should work with MHCLG to strengthen the role of SMPs within Local...

The Environment Agency should work with MHCLG to strengthen the role of SMPs within Local Plans and use the ongoing Local Plan reforms to establish a statutory requirement for coastal planning authorities to incorporate SMPs as a core part of the evidence base for planmaking, with compliance monitored through the …

Government response. The government states that the existing National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) already require local authorities to consider Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs). It acknowledges a consultation on NPPF changes and will publish a response, but indicates …
15 Recommendation 6th Report - Erosion of trust: the impa… Rejected

In response to this report the Government should publish an indicative ratio or allocation range...

In response to this report the Government should publish an indicative ratio or allocation range for projects under £3 million, broken down by flood and coastal projects, to prevent unintended competition between inland and coastal schemes and ensure balanced investment. (Recommendation, Paragraph 47) 23

Government response. The government rejects the recommendation to publish an indicative ratio for projects under £3 million, stating that it would risk constraining their evidence-led approach to the flood and coastal erosion investment programme. They explain that funding decisions are based on …

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
23 Jun 2026 Henrietta Appleton · Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Phil Garrigan OBE KSFM · National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), Professor Emma Howard Boyd CBE · National Heat Risk Commission, Professor Sallie Bailey · Natural England, Richard Bailey · Peak District moorland group, Rob Gazzard MICFor MRICS · Forestry Commission View ↗
18 Nov 2025 Jaap Flikweert · Haskoning, Julie Foley · Environment Agency, Karen Thomas · East Suffolk Council, Natasha Dix · Isle of Wight Council, Richard Jackson · East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Rob Goodliffe · North Norfolk District Council View ↗

Correspondence

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17 Mar 2026 — Correspondence from Climate Vision Regarding the Debate: “Extreme Climate and W…