Petition · past parliament
Improve the Flood Resilience of this country
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Stop the building on flood plains until we have a far better understanding of the impact it has.
Provide the Environment Agency with the necessary powers, funds & resources to provide flood defences or create a separate agency that is focused solely on flood management.
Provide the Environment Agency with the necessary powers, funds & resources to provide flood defences or create a separate agency that is focused solely on flood management.
We are seeing more and more communities being flooded that have never flooded before. Wetter winters and the increasing number of storms are taking their toll across the country.
Aid is always after the event of a flooding and any permanent improvement appears to be based on how extensive / expensive the damage was. Smaller communities are often left to try and minimise the risk of flooding by themselves with very little help from the relevant authorities.
Aid is always after the event of a flooding and any permanent improvement appears to be based on how extensive / expensive the damage was. Smaller communities are often left to try and minimise the risk of flooding by themselves with very little help from the relevant authorities.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure what specific new powers and responsibilities you'd like the Environment Agency or a replacement to have.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, or we could accept a petition specifically calling for the Government to ban building on flood plains, if that's what you'd like to see happen.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure what specific new powers and responsibilities you'd like the Environment Agency or a replacement to have.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, or we could accept a petition specifically calling for the Government to ban building on flood plains, if that's what you'd like to see happen.
Timeline
| 22 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Mar 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.