Proceeding contribution from Lord Colwyn (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 December 2008. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Flooding: Pitt Report.
Flooding: Pitt Report
My Lords, can the Minister confirm that, where new funding is spent on clearing drains, culverts, streams and small rivers, and where money is spent on repairing and building new defences, people further down river usually become affected by the increase in the water volume caused by the prevention of flooding further up river? Does he agree that flood planning should be co-ordinated to include entire areas of water flow, not only those areas which successfully bid for funding?
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- 706 c849
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- 2008-09
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Accountability Housing Finance Flood control Infrastructure Land drainage Environment Agency Floods Local government Ownership Protection Warnings Water companies Sewers Rescue services Reservoirs Government responses Flooding Lessons Learned Review Cabinet committees National Flood Forecasting Centre
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