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Pitt Report

I thank my right hon. Friend for what he had to say, and particularly for the financial help that we shall be getting in Gloucestershire. As my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Mr. Dhanda) said, we thought that we were going there again last Saturday, because there was quite serious flooding. With that in mind, will my right hon. Friend consider innovative solutions which, in many instances, will involve community self-help? The problem in my constituency is what I would call diffused flooding: the areas that are hit are randomly distributed, but they are hit very regularly. Dealing with it will involve money, but it will also involve considering how communities can come together to do a number of things to help themselves. I hope that that is one of the measures that my right hon. Friend will encourage.