The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee will hold its first oral session to take evidence in its Flood Flood Prevention Inquiry next week.
The evidence session will take place on Wednesday 13 April at 2.15pm when the Committee will take evidence from two panels in the first of its sessions on Future Flood Prevention. The Committee will firstly hear from the Met Office and the Committee on Climate Change about predicting future floods in a changing climate and preparing for their impact.
The Committee will then question the Environment Agency and Natural England representatives about these issues as well as the effectiveness of flood defences and natural management methods in minimising the impact of floods.
The Committee will hear evidence from:
At 2.15 pm
- Lord Krebs, Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee, Committee on Climate Change
- Daniel Johns, Head of Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change
- Professor Dame Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist, Met Office
- Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist, Met Office
At 2.45 pm
- Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
- John Curtin, Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency
- Alan Law, Chief Officer, Strategy Reform, Natural England
- Rob Cooke, Director, Terrestrial Biodiversity, Natural England
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee launched its inquiry into future flood prevention in England following severe flooding this winter when around 20,000 properties were flooded in England, with the Met Office reporting December 2015 as the wettest month ever recorded.Across the north of England 14 river catchments experienced their highest ever river flows.
The Environment Agency has already separately submitted written evidence to the inquiry.
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