To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will
publish the Inspecting Engineers recommendations relating to vegetation management
on the Mill Leese embankment, made in the section 10 report, and section 12 statement,
as set out in the Reservoirs Act 1975, following their most recent inspection of the
Mill Leese Flood Storage Area at Saltwood in Kent.
<p>In accordance with Reservoirs Act 1975 (Capacity, Registration, Prescribed Forms,
etc) (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1677) and subsequent guidance produced by
the UK Reservoir Safety Liaison Group (the National Protocol for the Handling, Transmission
and Storage of Reservoir Information and Flood Maps), we are unable to publish the
full content of the section 10 report and section 12 statement. I recognise the level
of local interest in this matter, and the Environment Agency (EA) will disclose information
regarding the planned works that it considers will be of benefit to interested members
of the public.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has heard from the community that redacted documents
are unhelpful and do not contribute to building trust and cooperation. The EA will
be visiting the site in mid-September and intends to openly communicate the legally
required work proposed for the site.</p>
To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which
churches and personnel in Preston and the rest of the Diocese of Blackburn have participated
in the English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review.
<p>The Cathedral and Church Buildings Division of the Church of England is engaging
with the ‘English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review’ centrally on behalf
of all the Anglican Cathedrals and Parish Churches in England. Engagement is currently
at an early stage. Four workshops are being held in churches this month (September)
to help inform a document that will then be widely consulted upon.</p><p> </p>
