Speeches by Buckley.

“Do you feel there is a need for data-sharing agreements, for example?”

“Credibility, accuracy?”

“I was supposed to ask you about any national examples, but you have both given some very good examples that I know you are going to write in about. If you have any international examples where that integration works very well, if you would not mind just popping that in the post to us as well, it helps us just not to re…”

“Now is a good time to give us an answer on that.”

“Are you saying they should also be measured on their work around surface water?”

“Could we ask you that, Celia Davis? You talked about the potential there to bring responsibilities potentially under one agency, which is a huge cost saving to a Government looking to saving some money. Is there something around data-sharing agreements that could help unlock that flow of data?”

“That is very helpful—so we have that clarity of purpose and single responsibility all in one place and hopefully, as you say, efficiency and devolution could be the example where we can make some savings. Could I ask you to write in with details of that Coastal Partnership East example? It is very helpful for us to see…”

“The scale of impact. That is helpful. Thank you. Sorry, Barry.”

“I was hoping for an answer first.”

“All you need to do is write to us with those examples so that we can showcase them as a pilot for the rest of the country. You also touched on the current criteria for funding grants when we were talking about resilience. Currently, it is about the number of properties, so the scale of the flood. You all talked about f…”

“I would like to follow up with Hannah Burgess. I was interested that you kept referring to surface water as being an additional problem and making sure we are talking about water flooding from all different sources. From our experience in Shrewsbury in my constituency we have loads of long, detailed planning ahead abou…”

“What do you think we could do? What would help, if you were to make a recommendation around those two different types of flooding?”

“Integrity and hygiene of data within that data-sharing.”

“On a point of order, Dr Murrison. The manner in which the shadow Minister described the view that a farmer was better off if he committed suicide before April 2026 was highly irresponsible. This is a public debate on a very emotive subject. It is televised and it is being shared across social media in real time. This i…”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“My farmers in my Shrewsbury constituency have told me that they have struggled to make a profit for many years now. Indeed, they say, “The only game in town is to go big or go bust.” In other words, 12,000 small farmers have gone under because, over the last decade, farming has not been a profitable business. They tell…”

“Anything that could encourage or enforce that consistency of measure could help to make sure you are all using the same units?”

“I thank the Minister for her comprehensive speech setting out the benefits of the order. I am particularly pleased to hear of the ongoing dialogue with the sector and the emerging strategy. Will she reassure Members that the changes will not leave behind some of the smaller, perhaps rural, stations, if, for example, th…”

“Do you think that penalties should be quite clear? Do you think that would help in order to—”

“Do you think that would help compliance?”