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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Floods more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Repair and Renew grant scheme. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Windsor more like this
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Adam Afriyie more like this
unstar this property uin 213290 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
star this property answer text <p>We are working closely with local authorities, with support from the Environment Agency, to ensure the effective delivery and deliver the maximum benefit for the ‘Repair and Renew’ grant. We are aware of a number of collaborative applications that will have multiple beneficiaries. These demonstrate particularly effective use of the grant.</p><p>The scheme is still running. All local authorities must claim reimbursement for grant payments from Defra by 31 March 2015. After then we will be better placed to assess the effectiveness of the scheme.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-10T12:45:26.8739195Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T12:45:26.8739195Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Adam Afriyie more like this
99821
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unstar this property date less than 2014-10-20more like thismore than 2014-10-20
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Water Industry Act 1991 more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 209943, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that contraventions of the Water Industry Act 1991 are being detected. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Pendle more like this
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Andrew Stephenson more like this
unstar this property uin 211016 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-10-27more like thisremove minimum value filter
star this property answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate, Environment Agency and Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority) are responsible for ensuring that contraventions of the Water Industry Act 1991 are detected. In discharging their functions they undertake inspections, check compliance, review plans and reports, investigate incidents and act upon their findings. Each organisation publishes details annually of the action they have taken.</p><p>Further to their powers within the Water Industry Act 1991 the Environment Agency and Ofwat are Prescribed Persons on The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014 (SI No. 2418) with regard to whistle blowing.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-10-27T17:12:32.1921156Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-27T17:12:32.1921156Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
unstar this property date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-11-17
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will complete the coastal footpath project by the target year of 2020; what the cost to date of that project is; and from which budgets funds have been allocated for the completion of the path. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Penistone and Stocksbridge more like this
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Angela Smith more like this
unstar this property uin 214716 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-20more like thismore than 2014-11-20
star this property answer text <p>We are committed to completing the coastal path around England by 2020. As announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, extra funding will be made available and we are discussing this with HM Treasury.</p><p>To date, Natural England has incurred establishment costs of £137,238 on the three stretches of the coast where the right of access under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 has been implemented. Natural England has estimated further establishment costs of £851,730 on the six stretches where it has submitted coastal access reports to the Secretary of State, but where the right of access has not yet been implemented.</p><p>Natural England's staff costs for delivering costs coastal access are included within its overall staff budget. Natural Englad is also incurring additional costs for publishing and advertising coastal access reports, and for agreements which it has entered with access authorities to provide it with a range of access advice and to carry out preliminary work in relation to the coastal path.</p><p>The Department has spent £85,590 in meeting the costs incurred by the Planning Inspectorate in determining a number of objections which have been made to proposals in Natural England's coastal acces reports.</p>
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-20T09:39:45.823Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-20T09:39:45.823Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Angela Smith more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
unstar this property date less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Park Homes: Water Charges more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on park home owners being able to be individually metered for water use. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole more like this
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Annette Brooke more like this
unstar this property uin 213265 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-07more like thismore than 2014-11-07
star this property answer text <p>We have not received any recent representation from park home owners on this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of premises either receive their water and sewerage services from a water company or a reseller. A customer of a water company can request (under the Water Industry Act 1991) a water meter and if it is not feasible to fit one (due to it being impractical or unduly costly) they will be moved across to an assessed charge. The assessed charge should ‘bear as much relation as possible to the volumes of water such customers would be likely to use’ and are normally based on the average metered bill for the area or the number of bedrooms.</p><p> </p><p>Those customers of resellers (and this can include sheltered accommodation, housing association properties, flats above commercial premises, caravan parks and park homes) can ask for a meter to be fitted but there is no legal requirement on the reseller to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The industry regulator, Ofwat, regulates the resale market through The Water Resale Order 2006 (section 150 of the Water Industry Act 1991) and provides examples on how the charges should be apportioned.</p>
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-07T14:15:11.9516375Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-07T14:15:11.9516375Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Annette Brooke more like this
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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Procurement more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts signed by her Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Great Grimsby more like this
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Austin Mitchell more like this
unstar this property uin 214007 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-19more like thismore than 2014-11-19
star this property answer text <p>The standard terms and conditions used by core Defra do not include compensation clauses in the event of termination of the contract. Reviewing all contracts signed since 2010 to identify possible exceptions to our standard terms would entail disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of contracts worth over £10,000 are published online on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). </a></p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-19T13:45:48.397Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-19T13:45:48.397Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Austin Mitchell more like this
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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Flood Control more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood defences were affected by the 2013-14 winter floods; how many such defences had been temporarily repaired by 31 October 2014; how many such defences have been permanently repaired by 31 October 2014; how many areas were affected by the 2013-14 winter floods; how many of those areas had permanently repaired by 31 October 2014 all their flood defences that had been damaged by the 2013-14 winter floods; how many of those areas had some of their flood defences only temporarily repaired by 31 October 2014; and to how many of the areas affected by the 2013-14 winter floods the Environment Agency had restored flood protection by 31 October 2014. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Brent North more like this
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Barry Gardiner more like this
unstar this property uin 213530 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>Going into this winter every community that was affected by the storms and floods of last winter will have the same or better standard of protection as they had before last winter.</p><p>Following the tidal surge on 5 December 2013 and the winter storms, a total of 890 recovery projects were identified across England; of these, 844 projects involved the repair of flood defence assets. The remaining 46 involve surveys, studies or actions relating to incident response.</p><p>By 31 October 2014, permanent repairs had been completed for 802 (95%) of the 844 defence projects. There are 42 (5%) defence projects where temporary repairs with contingency measures are in place, restoring the standard of protection to pre-winter 2013/14 levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T16:58:13.6623483Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T16:58:13.6623483Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Barry Gardiner more like this
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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Timber: Imports more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the EU Timber Regulation in preventing the import of illegally-harvested timber; and if she will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Brighton, Pavilion more like this
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Caroline Lucas more like this
unstar this property uin 212926 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
star this property answer text <p>The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) prevents the trade of illegally-harvested timber in the EU by laying obligation on operators who place timber and timber products on the market, and those who subsequently trade in them. It was implemented in the UK by the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations in March 2013.</p><p>Independent assessments by the European Commission and WWF rank the UK’s efforts on tackling the trade in illegal timber and our domestic implementation of the EUTR as amongst the best in EU Member States.</p><p>To be fully effective in keeping illegally harvested timber and timber products out of the EU all Member States need to implement the EUTR. We are working closely with the Commission and other Member States on this and have offered to share the UK’s experience with them.</p><p>The review next year will provide us with an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of the EUTR.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-10T12:12:10.7345844Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T12:12:10.7345844Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Lucas more like this
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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Timber: Imports more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken with her EU counterparts to prevent shipments of illegal timber from sawmills in the Brazilian Amazon entering the European market; and if she will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Brighton, Pavilion more like this
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Caroline Lucas more like this
unstar this property uin 212927 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
star this property answer text <p>The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) prevents the trade of illegally-harvested timber in the EU by laying obligation on operators who place timber and timber products on the market and those who subsequently trade in them. It was implemented in the UK by the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations in March 2013. The legislation applies to all timber and timber products in scope of the regulation, including illegally-harvested timber from the Brazilian Amazon.</p><p>In the UK, the National Measurement Office (NMO) is the competent authority for the EUTR. The NMO is working closely with its EU counterparts to prevent any shipments of illegal timber entering the EU market.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-10T12:16:02.9737814Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T12:16:02.9737814Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Lucas more like this
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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Flood Control more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the UK's main mobile flood pumps are based; and what time is taken to mobilise such pumps. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Vale of Clwyd more like this
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Chris Ruane more like this
unstar this property uin 213377 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>The Government-funded New Dimension project saw the deployment of 50 High Volume Pumps (HVP) positioned across the country, with 46 allocated to 38 English Fire and Rescue Services and four in Scotland; an additional Strategic HVP was located centrally. There are four mobile HVPs in Wales. Under the Fire Rescue Service mutual aid arrangements Wales also have access to all of the strategic assets in England. The planning assumptions for a major incident involving man made or natural flooding, assumes a minimum of one HVP will be mobilised to respond to an incident within a maximum of two hours of request.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency holds a range of strategic incident response supplies at its depots across England, including:</p><p> </p><p>· three 12 inch pumps</p><p> </p><p>· six24 inch pumps</p><p> </p><p>· 425 smaller mobile pumps</p><p> </p><p>· 3.8km of demountable and temporary flood defences</p><p> </p><p>· 21 sandbag machines</p><p> </p><p>The larger 12 and 24 inch pumps can be deployed within 24 hours. The Environment Agency also has access to a further six 24 inch pumps through its contracted suppliers.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T17:35:40.0268304Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T17:35:40.0268304Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Chris Ruane more like this
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unstar this property date less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept id 13 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
star this property hansard heading Floods: Insurance more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assess the affordability of flood insurance for small businesses in flood hit areas following the expiry of the Statement of Principles between the Government and the Association of British Insurers. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Kingston upon Hull North more like this
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Diana Johnson more like this
unstar this property uin 213979 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
star this property answer text <p>We are currently undertaking monitoring of the insurance market for both households and small businesses. This will look at the availability of insurance, and the experience of small businesses in obtaining insurance cover in high flood risk areas.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency North Cornwall more like this
star this property answering member printed Dan Rogerson more like this
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less than 2014-11-17T12:52:07.183Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T12:52:07.183Z
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Rogerson remove filter
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unstar this property label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson more like this