Speeches by Hinchliff.

“Thank you very much. Starting with you, Mr McGann, then what would happen in the future if your company, for any particular reason, is no longer willing or able to manage your biodiversity net gain initiatives?”

“Earlier in May our Committee published “The role of natural capital in the UK green economy” report, in which the Committee highlighted that it is unclear how biodiversity net gain assets are to be maintained for the 30-year time period and who, in practice, should be responsible for their maintenance, particularly bey…”

“Thank you very much. Starting with you, Mr McGann, then what would happen in the future if your company, for any particular reason, is no longer willing or able to manage your biodiversity net gain initiatives?”

“Can I follow that up a bit? Would you have specific recommendations that you would like to see this Committee come forward with, with regards to catalysing those other nature markets for the management of these sites beyond 30 years? Just to clarify, from what you have said just now it does not sound like you have conc…”

“Either.”

“Can I just ask for clarity specifically on that? Would you say that the maintenance of ELM’s funding is crucial for protecting those biodiversity net gain sites in the long term beyond the 30 years? I want to make sure that I understand that correctly.”

“Before I move on to my final question, I will pick up on one specific point you just referenced. There have been some suggestions in the press about what might happen in the spending review regarding the future of environmental land management funding. Do you see that as an important aspect of the long-term future of b…”

“Before I move on to my final question, I will pick up on one specific point you just referenced. There have been some suggestions in the press about what might happen in the spending review regarding the future of environmental land management funding. Do you see that as an important aspect of the long-term future of b…”

“Have you been able to access insurance support for the times that you have been flooded?”

“My questions relate to issues around financial and insurance-related dimensions of flood resilience. Ms Long-Dhonau, what challenges exist when obtaining or renewing flood insurance, particularly regarding affordability or eligibility? Have these challenges had an impact on people’s ability to recover from flooding or …”

“I am interested to hear more about the impact of having an uninsurable property, especially as we now have analysis from Aviva that on current trends, with the Government’s house building programme, we are potentially on course to build a further 100,000 uninsurable properties. Do we need to think about having stricter…”

“That sounds very familiar. The town of Buntingford in my constituency has exactly that issue, with a lack of adequate sewage infrastructure, and people’s properties are being flooded in the most appalling way. Ms Connor, what types of financial support, emergency funding or compensation schemes were you able to access …”

“Have you been able to access insurance support for the times that you have been flooded?”

“From your personal experience, what would the impact to you have been had you had an uninsurable property?”

“Mr French, how financially prepared for future flooding events do your business and your community feel? What additional measures or support would help to build greater financial resilience?”

“Ms Foley, I want to come back to a discussion that we had with the previous panel. At the beginning of this session, Ms Garrett said that if you do not have insurance, no one is coming. From the perspective of the Environment Agency, do we need stronger standards for sustainable development to prevent developers buildi…”

“My questions relate to issues around financial and insurance-related dimensions of flood resilience. Ms Long-Dhonau, what challenges exist when obtaining or renewing flood insurance, particularly regarding affordability or eligibility? Have these challenges had an impact on people’s ability to recover from flooding or …”

“I am interested to hear more about the impact of having an uninsurable property, especially as we now have analysis from Aviva that on current trends, with the Government’s house building programme, we are potentially on course to build a further 100,000 uninsurable properties. Do we need to think about having stricter…”

“That sounds very familiar. The town of Buntingford in my constituency has exactly that issue, with a lack of adequate sewage infrastructure, and people’s properties are being flooded in the most appalling way. Ms Connor, what types of financial support, emergency funding or compensation schemes were you able to access …”

“From your personal experience, what would the impact to you have been had you had an uninsurable property?”