VoteClimate: Reservoir Safety: Reforming the Safety Regime and Modernising Legislation for England - 20th July 2022

Reservoir Safety: Reforming the Safety Regime and Modernising Legislation for England - 20th July 2022

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Reservoir Safety: Reforming the Safety Regime and Modernising Legislation for England.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-07-20/debates/22072023000016/ReservoirSafetyReformingTheSafetyRegimeAndModernisingLegislationForEngland

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice)

We cannot however be complacent. The number of reservoirs in England is growing by an average of 15 to 20 per year, adding resource pressures for already stretched panels of engineers. Reservoir assets are ageing, which increases risks where investment is limited. In addition, the more extreme periods of drier and wetter weather expected as a result of climate change will place increasing stresses on reservoir infrastructure.

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