Taking forward the draft Flood and Water Management Bill : the Government response to pre-legislative scrutiny and public consultation /
Great Britain.Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
London : Stationery Office,
2009.
Response to the Committee's sixth report, HCP 555-I (ISBN 9780215541024). Dated November 2009. The proposals in the draft Bill aim to give effect to: the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review "Learning lessons from the 2007 floods" (http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/pittreview/thepittreview/final_report.html and http://www.defra.gov.uk/environ/fcd/floods07/Govtresptopitt.pdf); "Future water - the Government's water strategy for England (2008, Cm. 7319, ISBN 9780101731928); and to the flood and water aspects of the Welsh Assembly Government's environment strategy.