Speeches by Taylor.

“Thank you very much and thank you all for coming in today.”

“Continuing that theme, is there any reason why a brownfield site with biodiversity introduced through the development process couldn’t be put back to the original state in terms of biodiversity, following the completion of the development? Would the removal of contamination, for example, from a brownfield site not be s…”

“Excellent, thank you.”

“Thank you, Chair. I would just like to draw everyone’s attention to my entry in the register of interests. Before becoming an MP, I was a chartered surveyor, but I am still a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.”

“We heard earlier that there is, in some areas, a shortage of the relevant skills and that is hampering the smooth running of the development process, and it is also creating a development time lag. Can each of you briefly tell us what your organisations are doing to attract school leavers into the profession and is the…”

“Thank you very much and thank you all for coming in today.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for introducing this topic. I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have had personal experience of the value of apprenticeships during my career and w…”

“Thank you, Secretary of State, for coming along today. The next section is on climate adaptation. The UN Environment Programme puts the adaptation finance gap at between $187 billion and $359 billion per year. However, adaptation outcomes at COP29 were limited. How urgent is the need to get adequate global adaptation f…”

“Will the Government be revising and strengthening the third national adaptation programme in light of the criticisms outlined by the Climate Change Committee in its independent assessment last year?”

“Yes.”

“Can you say or have you thought yet if there is a particular process that will be followed and if there are any timescales associated with that?”

“Thank you both for that. Baroness Brown, how would you assess the co-ordination between national and local flood risk management bodies and the Government in implementing flood resilience measures?”

“Good afternoon. I would like to ask you both how effective you believe the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy is and what changes, if any, need to be made to strengthen it when it is reviewed in 2026?”

“One final question from me that either of you can answer: what role do you see for the Government’s Flood Resilience Taskforce? If you had to decide what the top three priorities were, what would they be?”

“Following on from that, Baroness Brown, is the current governance structure sufficient for managing flood resilience in the context of climate change or is there a need for stronger oversight and better co-ordination?”

“Thank you both for that. Baroness Brown, how would you assess the co-ordination between national and local flood risk management bodies and the Government in implementing flood resilience measures?”

“Good afternoon. I would like to ask you both how effective you believe the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy is and what changes, if any, need to be made to strengthen it when it is reviewed in 2026?”

“One final question from me that either of you can answer: what role do you see for the Government’s Flood Resilience Taskforce? If you had to decide what the top three priorities were, what would they be?”

“Following on from that, Baroness Brown, is the current governance structure sufficient for managing flood resilience in the context of climate change or is there a need for stronger oversight and better co-ordination?”

“Professor Raslan, I will put this question to you first but if anyone else wants to chip in after, please feel free. How could the National Planning Policy Framework be strengthened to reduce the use of embodied carbon in housing developments?”