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Notices of Amendments: 7 January 2010                  

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‘New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

 

26         

At the end of section 63 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (streets

 

with special engineering difficulties) insert—

 

“(5)    

In addition to criteria for designation prescribed under subsection

 

(2)(a), Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010

 

requires designation in certain circumstances (relating to sustainable

 

drainage systems).”’.

 

Huw Irranca-Davies

 

79

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  28,   leave out ‘authorities in England’ and insert—

 

‘(i)    

lead local flood authorities for areas in England, and

 

(ii)    

the Environment Agency in respect of a failure to comply with a

 

request in connection with a flood or coastal erosion risk

 

management function in relation to England, and’.

 

Huw Irranca-Davies

 

80

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  30,  leave out ‘authorities in Wales’ and insert—

 

‘(i)    

lead local flood authorities for areas in Wales,

 

(ii)    

the Environment Agency in respect of a failure to comply with a

 

request in connection with a flood or coastal erosion risk

 

management function in relation to Wales, and

 

(iii)    

the Welsh Ministers.’.

 

Huw Irranca-Davies

 

81

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  31,  at end add—

 

‘(11)    

A reference in this section to an authority includes a reference to the Welsh

 

Ministers.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

82

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘waters,’, insert—

 

‘(da)    

groundwater.’

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

Add groundwater specifically into key concept of flooding, makes it consistent with local

 

provisions and beyond doubt in national ones.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

83

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘waters,’, insert—

 

‘(da)    

surface water flooding from whatever original source,’

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

84

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  14,  leave out subsection (3).


 
 

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Flood and Water Management Bill, continued

 
 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

85

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(da)    

managing the use of land, natural habitats, woodland and other natural

 

landscape features with the result of reducing flood risk or reducing

 

erosion,’

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To reinforce landscape-scale approach and explicitly include natural landscape management as

 

well as building and defending. ‘Result’ used not ‘aim’ as aim should be sustainability/wider

 

environmental objectives.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

86

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  35,  leave out ‘risk’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Blueprint for Water submission. Replace risk-based approach with more holistic approach to

 

flood and coastal erosion management.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

87

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  37,  leave out ‘risk’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Blueprint for Water submission. Replace risk-based approach with more holistic approach to

 

flood and coastal erosion management.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

88

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  38,  leave out ‘risk’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Blueprint for Water submission. Replace risk-based approach with more holistic approach to

 

flood and coastal erosion management.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

89

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  41,  leave out ‘risk’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Blueprint for Water submission. Replace risk-based approach with more holistic approach to

 

flood and coastal erosion management.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

90

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  1,  after ‘managing’, insert ‘all’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

91

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  3,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(ea)    

how the strategy and risk management functions are to be communicated

 

with a view to providing a single communication route for all members

 

of the public concerned about flooding,’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

92

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

national registered charities whose aims under section 2 (2)(i) of the

 

Charities Act 2006 include the advancement of environmental protection

 

or improvement,

 

(bb)    

Natural England,

 

(bc)    

Regional Flood and Coastal Erosion Committees as established under

 

section 22,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To specifically include third sector environmental and conservation organisations, Natural

 

England and regional flood committees as statutory consultees on national strategy.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

93

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Welsh Ministers must consult—

 

(a)    

risk management authorities in Wales,

 

(b)    

the public,

 

(c)    

Welsh national registered charities whose aims under section 2(2)(i) of

 

the Charities Act 2006 include the advancement of environmental

 

protection or improvement,

 

(d)    

Countryside Council for Wales,

 

(e)    

Welsh Regional Flood and Coastal Erosion Committees as established

 

under section 22.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

94

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  24,  leave out from second ‘risk’ to end of line 27 and insert

 

‘of any kind in a defined geographical area such as a district or unitary authority area.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

95

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

A lead local flood authority must gain the approval of the local flood risk

 

management strategy by its regional flood and coastal committee as established

 

in section 22.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

96

 

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  21,  leave out from second ‘risk’ to end of line 24 and insert

 

‘of any kind in a defined geographical area such as a district or unitary authority area.’.


 
 

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Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

97

 

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

A lead local flood authority must gain the approval of the local flood risk

 

management strategy by its regional flood and coastal committee as established

 

in section 22.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

98

 

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

Two or more lead local authorities sharing a common landscape area or water

 

catchment area may work together to produce a shared landscape-scale local

 

flood management strategy in their area.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

99

 

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  42,  at end insert ‘group of risk management authorities

 

working together, or’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

Allows landscape-scale working, or even just collaborative project management between

 

neighbouring local authorities.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

100

 

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  25,  at end insert ‘reasonable’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

Make sure requests are not onerous to individuals or company.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

101

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  23,  leave out ‘the Minister,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To limit important judicial powers of the executive and guarantee right of appeal to an

 

independent body.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

102

 

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  26,  after ‘authorities’, insert ‘and the Environment Agency

 

and Welsh Ministers’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To allow for Environment Agency or Welsh national investigations in the event of a flood in case

 

the local authority’s response needs to be investigated or in case the flood affects more than one

 

local authority area.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

103

 

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  27,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘or the Environment Agency or


 
 

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Welsh Ministers’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To allow for Environment Agency or Welsh national investigations in the event of a flood in case

 

the local authority’s response needs to be investigated or in case the flood affects more than one

 

local authority area.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

104

 

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  32,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘or the Environment Agency or

 

Welsh Ministers’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To allow for Environment Agency or Welsh national investigations in the event of a flood in case

 

the local authority’s response needs to be investigated or in case the flood affects more than one

 

local authority area.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

105

 

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  34,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

lay the report before Parliament, or in Wales, the National Assembly for

 

Wales.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To ensure any investigation report is publicly available and drawn to public attention.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

106

 

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  24,  at end insert ‘or are likely to have a significant effect

 

on public health and welfare if flooded, including—

 

‘(i)    

sites and structures critical to energy supply,

 

(ii)    

sites and structures critical to water processing and supply,

 

(iii)    

critical railway lines, roads and bridges,

 

(iv)    

telephone exchanges and other critical communications sites and

 

structures,

 

(v)    

general hospitals, and

 

(vi)    

any other local sites and structures considered critical by the

 

authority,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To introduce a register of critical infrastructure.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

107

 

Clause  21,  page  13,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and state of resilience to possible failure

 

due to flooding or coastal erosion.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

Complements inclusion of critical infrastructure.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

108

 

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  29,  after ‘selection’, insert ‘, election’.


 
 

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Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

109

 

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  30,  after ‘appoint’, insert ‘or elect’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

To enhance democracy

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

110

 

Clause  27,  page  15,  line  13,  leave out from ‘(1)’ to ‘; and’ in line 14.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

111

 

Clause  27,  page  15,  line  35,  at end add—

 

‘(6)    

In this section “sustainable development” means development which enables all

 

people throughout the world to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality

 

of life, without compromising the quality of life of future generations, pursued in

 

an integrated way through a sustainable, innovative and productive economy that

 

delivers high levels of employment; and a just society that promotes social

 

inclusion, sustainable communities and personal wellbeing and will be done in

 

ways that protect and enhance the physical and natural environment, and use

 

resources and energy as efficiently as possible.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

112

 

Schedule  3,  page  49,  line  3,  leave out ‘county council’ and insert ‘local planning

 

authority (as defined in section 1 (1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990)’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

113

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(10)    

The Secretary of State shall as soon as possible instigate, publish and have regard

 

to a review undertaken by a panel of independent persons, including

 

representatives from local authorities, universities, professional institutions and

 

other bodies as the Secretary of State deems appropriate, pertaining to the training

 

that will be required for the lead local flood authorities to undertake the functions

 

conferred under this section before this section is commenced.’.

 

Approval of local flood risk management strategies (England)

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

NC23

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The regional flood and coastal committee shall approve local flood risk

 

management strategies developed by lead local flood authorities for areas in

 

England as defined in section 9.’.


 
 

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Approval of local flood risk management strategies (Wales)

 

Martin Horwood

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

NC24

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The regional flood and coastal committee shall approve local flood risk

 

management strategies developed by lead local flood authorities for areas in

 

Wales as defined in section 10.’.

 

Flood risk areas

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

NC25

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Environment Agency shall carry out an assessment of the whole of England

 

and Wales to determine which areas of land are at risk from flooding, and it shall

 

determine these as being “flood risk areas”.

 

(2)    

For the purposes of this section, an area of land shall be designated as a flood risk

 

area if—

 

(a)    

there is evidence of it having flooded in the past;

 

(b)    

for the purposes of paragraph (a), an area shall be deemed to have flooded

 

if water has rested on the surface of the land, or just below the surface;

 

(c)    

the local planning authority, or the Environment Agency after

 

consultation with the local planning authority, are of the opinion that

 

building on a section of land would be likely to increase the risk of other

 

pieces of land flooding as a result of water displacement; or

 

(d)    

having consulted with the local planning authority, the Environment

 

Agency reasonably believes that the area might be subject to flooding in

 

the future.

 

(3)    

If an area of land is designated as flood risk, the Environment Agency shall

 

submit a formal objection to any medium or large-scale planning application

 

which is proposed for that land.

 

(4)    

For the purposes of subsection (3), a planning application shall be designated as

 

being medium or large-scale if it involves the building of more than 10 houses, or

 

if it involves the building of a public, commercial or industrial unit covering

 

larger than half an acre in land area.’.

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Martin Horwood

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Angela Watkinson

 

114

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

Natural England.’.

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Martin Horwood

 

Miss Anne McIntosh

 

Angela Watkinson

 

115

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  15,  at end insert—


 
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