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Proceeding contribution from Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 July 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Flooding.


Flooding

Ahead of the main review, will the Secretary of State undertake to sit down with the farming community and others to look at the possibility of relatively short-term improvements in our water storage capacity—involving, for example, balancing ponds, storage reservoirs and even possibly the planned, as opposed to the recent catastrophic, reversion of arable land to floodplain grassland?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
463 c577 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Contamination Flood control Energy supply Environment Agency Floods Pollution Property Power failures Water Water supply Warwickshire Oxfordshire Worcestershire Lincolnshire Bellwin scheme Water treatment Berkshire Herefordshire
Link
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