Drought Preparedness
Inquiry by the Environment and Climate Change Committee, 24 October 2025. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 3rd Report - Surviving drought: reclaim the rain (21 May 2026)
- Government response to Environment and Climate Change Committee report ‘Surviving drought: reclaim the rain’ (14 July 2026)
Evidence sessions
- 12 November 2025: Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Climate Change Committee; Richard Millar, Climate Change Committee
- 12 November 2025: Professor Jason Lowe OBE, Met Office; Professor Alan MacDonald, British Geological Survey; Jamie Hannaford, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
- 19 November 2025: Kathryn Brown, The Wildlife Trusts; Callum Ellis, Marsh; Yetunde Abdul, UK Green Building Council
- 26 November 2025: Rob Lawson, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management; Professor Jim Hall, University of Oxford; Dr Chris Counsell, HR Wallingford
- 10 December 2025: Sarah McMath, MOSL; Meyrick Gough, Water Resources South East; Andrew Newton, Ely Group of Internal Drainage Boards
- 7 January 2026: Steve Moncaster, Norfolk Environment, Food and Farming; Dr Mark Betson, National Farmers Union (NFU); John Patrick, East Suffolk Water Abstractors Group
- 14 January 2026: Matthew Robinson, North Yorkshire Council; Doug Hill, Surrey County Council; Dr Adam Comerford, Canal and River Trust
- 14 January 2026: Luisa Cardani, Tech UK; Steven Campbell-Ferguson, NTT Data Centres; John Abraham, Veolia UK
- 21 January 2026: Deborah Feldhaus, Yorkshire Water; Geoff Darch, Anglian Water; Mr Doug Clarke, Severn Trent
- 4 February 2026: Helen Wakeham, Environment Agency; Paul Hickey, Ofwat
- 11 February 2026: Emma Hardy, Defra; Martin Woolhead, Defra