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

Flooding

The Secretary of State will be aware that the Environment Agency offices for the whole of the Thames basin are based in Swift house in Frimley, in my constituency. I wrote to the Secretary of State’s predecessor in April to point out that following cuts to his Department’s budget, seven staff members had been let go in the previous 12 months. Many of my constituents who have been flooded out of their homes for the second time in a year will be asking why, at a time of acute climate change, the Environment Agency is laying off experts in flood management and defence.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 463 c579
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: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Flooding

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