Speeches by Gardiner.

“Good. Tell me why.”

“Thank you. Finally, we know that 59% of grade 1 agriculture land is at high risk from flooding, so I want to ask you this, about when you are putting your full hat on as Chair of the Adaptation Committee and were thinking of adaptation in terms of food security. We need to have some wider metrics here about biodiversit…”

“If we were making a recommendation from this Committee, it would be about setting out metrics with clarity. Could you perhaps write to the Committee to suggest what some of those metrics might best be?”

“Professor Naylor, I think many of us will have been struck by what you said about seeing into the future. Earlier today, my colleague Anna Gelderd and I had a briefing with representatives of the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network, MEDIN. They were talking about precisely what you said about the importan…”

“Can I ask for some rapid fire recommendations that we could make. I am trying to summarise some of the things that I have heard you say. First, would you like this Committee to make a recommendation on the way in which we are informing and educating people about standards?”

“I just want to put it on the record, so we have it there when we come to make our report. Should the Thames Estuary plan be a statutory one? Is that another recommendation you would like to see?”

“Thinking ahead to land banking now for the 2120 barrier that we are going to have to make a decision on in 2040?”

“I want to refer to the residential and business split, because you spoke about where is the balance from money—the cost-benefit balance from money—and at the moment, in looking at some of the flood mitigation schemes, we are not taking into account the business cost, the commercial properties in the same way as we are …”

“That has been picked up now, though, hasn’t it?”

“The latest figures are about £200 million or more coming in.”

“Can we bring Dr Sayers in on that? He indicated he wanted to come in.”

“Professor Naylor, I think many of us will have been struck by what you said about seeing into the future. Earlier today, my colleague Anna Gelderd and I had a briefing with representatives of the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network, MEDIN. They were talking about precisely what you said about the importan…”

“If we were making a recommendation from this Committee, it would be about setting out metrics with clarity. Could you perhaps write to the Committee to suggest what some of those metrics might best be?”

“Thank you. Finally, we know that 59% of grade 1 agriculture land is at high risk from flooding, so I want to ask you this, about when you are putting your full hat on as Chair of the Adaptation Committee and were thinking of adaptation in terms of food security. We need to have some wider metrics here about biodiversit…”

“Good. Tell me why.”

“Let me drill down because we are pressed for time, and I want to push this as much as I can. When you are looking at the values, if you have a flat in London, close to the Thames, where some idiot has burrowed down into what was a basement, which was meant for flooding, and created a kitchen and bedroom down there and …”

“I just want to put it on the record, so we have it there when we come to make our report. Should the Thames Estuary plan be a statutory one? Is that another recommendation you would like to see?”

“Thinking ahead to land banking now for the 2120 barrier that we are going to have to make a decision on in 2040?”

“I want to refer to the residential and business split, because you spoke about where is the balance from money—the cost-benefit balance from money—and at the moment, in looking at some of the flood mitigation schemes, we are not taking into account the business cost, the commercial properties in the same way as we are …”

“The latest figures are about £200 million or more coming in.”