Speeches by Gardiner.

“Thank you very much for that. The big question is always around insurance. We have received lots of questions about why there is Flood Re but nothing for landslip and coastal erosion. There have been grey areas where insurers have refused to pay out—they cover landslip but not coastal erosion. What do you make of the p…”

“That is very helpful. I want to move on to Mr Goodliffe. In Happisburgh I think you have had a relocation scheme that paid up to 40% of property prices there. How can those schemes be safeguarded against potential exploitation—people who might want to buy up land and properties they consider could be subject to these m…”

“That is great. I am just trying to make the Chair’s life easier for him when he is drafting this report.”

“Thank you very much. CTAP—the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme—is limited to just four regions. How do other local authorities support people who are faced with the loss of their homes because of landslip and erosion? Is there national guidance?”

“I am sure we would all want to thank, through you all, the officers who do that for the commitment they make. However, let me come back to the question: is there a national strategy, and should it be a recommendation of this Committee that there is one?”

“I am seeing nodding across the board.”

“I believe that, in the Isle of Wight, you have now a whole postcode after the Ventnor—”

“Let me ask you to highlight the key lessons that you would wish to take out from CTAP and other trial relocation schemes that may have happened. What are the best options for supporting people through the loss of their property? Which ones would you want to see rolled out into a national programme? Can you briefly high…”

“I am sure we would all want to thank, through you all, the officers who do that for the commitment they make. However, let me come back to the question: is there a national strategy, and should it be a recommendation of this Committee that there is one?”

“Now those maps have been produced, do you believe that there should be a requirement at the conveyancing stage of a property to notify a potential purchaser, just as you would if it was on a floodplain and so on?”

“Thank you very much. CTAP—the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme—is limited to just four regions. How do other local authorities support people who are faced with the loss of their homes because of landslip and erosion? Is there national guidance?”

“Is that another recommendation you would like to see this Committee make?”

“Thank you very much for the evidence you have given so far. The purpose of this is obviously that the Committee makes a report recommendations. I think we were all struck by the example that my colleague Jenny gave. Do you think the Committee should make a recommendation that there should be a legal protection for prop…”

“Thank you. I was confident you would, but you have to say it—I cannot say it—for us to incorporate it into the report.”

“That is a really interesting proposal. Can you identify who the class of beneficiaries would be that you are talking about?”

“Thank you very much for the evidence you have given so far. The purpose of this is obviously that the Committee makes a report recommendations. I think we were all struck by the example that my colleague Jenny gave. Do you think the Committee should make a recommendation that there should be a legal protection for prop…”

“Thank you. I was confident you would, but you have to say it—I cannot say it—for us to incorporate it into the report.”

“That is great. I am just trying to make the Chair’s life easier for him when he is drafting this report.”

“Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that one of the most important things the Government can do at COP1 when it meets next year is to establish a regime with the other members of the conference of the parties on how enforcement of the new treaty will take place?”

“Finally, can I finally apologise to you? There is a debate that is going to be starting in Westminster Hall on the delivery of the carbon budgets, which I intend to speak in, so I will be leaving early from the Committee. Thank you very much for your submissions.”