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Pitt Report

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

485 c1098-114 

Session

2008-09

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Tim Farron | 485 c1102-3 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to all those who have worked so hard to prevent flooding, mitigate its effects and pro...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1102 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the huge amount of work that he did, as did many hon. Members in...

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Parmjit Dhanda | 485 c1102 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's commitment to ensuring that Gloucestershire is part of the pilot pr...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1101-2 (Link to this contribution) I echo the words that the hon. Gentleman expressed about the impact on individuals and businesses. W...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1098-100 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I shall make a statement on the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's final r...

Peter Ainsworth | 485 c1100-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and repeat my thanks to Sir Michael Pitt and his te...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1106 (Link to this contribution) May I also express my condolences to Mr. Collier's family? On money for local authorities, under the...

David Heath | 485 c1106 (Link to this contribution) I speak with experience, having been caught in my car in a flash flood on Saturday morning. Happily,...

James Plaskitt | 485 c1106 (Link to this contribution) May I thank my right hon. Friend for his announcement on private sewers, which will be most welcome ...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1103-4 (Link to this contribution) I think that this is the first opportunity that I have had to welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new ...

John Battle | 485 c1104 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for the work that he has done on this matter, for the welcome stateme...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1104-5 (Link to this contribution) They are intended to do that. I am aware of the case that my right hon. Friend has raised, and I und...

Michael Jack | 485 c1105 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State's statement rightly underscored the crucial role of local authorities in co-o...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1105 (Link to this contribution) I want to acknowledge the excellence of the work done by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sel...

Eric Martlew | 485 c1105 (Link to this contribution) As my right hon. Friend will be aware, there was severe flooding in Carlisle. The flood defences are...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1105-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend and his constituents know all about the devastating impact of flooding. He has been a...

Colin Burgon | 485 c1111 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the money provided for Leeds city council to draw up a surface water management plan. Will...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I agree, but we are not waiting for the powers that are needed to get on with trying to deal with th...

Lord Harper | 485 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Secretary of State's kind words about the excellent work that Gloucestershire ...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to encourage all efforts to deal with the problem that anyone is prepared to make. The fa...

David Drew | 485 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for what he had to say, and particularly for the financial help that we...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I believe that the new chair of the Environment Agency will visit the region tomorrow to see how mat...

Lord Beith | 485 c1110 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Secretary of State that a great many people in Northumberland are still out of thei...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I shall need to check whether Gledhow will be covered by the transfer arrangements. I think it will ...

David Hamilton | 485 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I, too, warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and, in particular, the money for Leeds, whi...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1109 (Link to this contribution) If that is what is going on, we will take it up with the insurance companies. The hon. Gentleman me...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1108 (Link to this contribution) I am very glad to hear from my hon. Friend that this work will be done and that the council will pur...

Martin Horwood | 485 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate much of the Secretary of State's statement, particularly where it relates to householde...

Baroness Browning | 485 c1107 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that on 30 October the small town of Ottery St. Mary and many s...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to hear about the problems that my hon. Friend's constituents have had to face. In the en...

Martin Salter | 485 c1107 (Link to this contribution) May I say that my constituents will think it a bit rich to hear Conservative spokesmen complaining a...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1107 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises an important point, and I am sorry to hear about what she and her constituents ...

David Heathcoat-Amory | 485 c1108 (Link to this contribution) If the heavy rain of July last year had fallen slightly further south, the Somerset levels, which ar...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his kind words. What we have done on the sewer transfer is effec...

Paddy Tipping | 485 c1108 (Link to this contribution) It has been a long campaign to get private sewers adopted, and I am delighted that the Secretary of ...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1108 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising this case, which I know engenders a great deal...

Speaker | 485 c1114 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman must be present to hear the statement before he questions it.

Hilary Benn | 485 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the transfer of the private sewers will help the hon. Gentleman's constituents; ...

Evan Harris | 485 c1114 (Link to this contribution) My constituents in Kidlington, west Oxford, South Hinksey, north Abingdon and south Abingdon have be...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I certainly would encourage the parish and town councils to get involved. The truth is that this is ...

Jeff Ennis | 485 c1113-4 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. I am sure he will recall that last year in both B...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1113 (Link to this contribution) We certainly do need to find ways of dealing with the problem in order to protect as many people as ...

Helen Southworth | 485 c1112 (Link to this contribution) First, may I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement? It will give a lot of hope to those of my con...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1112 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the skill, expertise and, in some cases, bravery of our fire a...

Lembit Opik | 485 c1113 (Link to this contribution) The source of the River Severn is in my constituency and settlements such as Llandrinio, Crew Green,...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1112-3 (Link to this contribution) The single most important step we have taken to deal with the problem that my hon. Friend identifies...

John Grogan | 485 c1111 (Link to this contribution) Following the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew), may I refer particularly ...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1111 (Link to this contribution) I have great sympathy with the hon. Gentleman's constituents who have suffered in the way that he ha...

Roger Williams | 485 c1112 (Link to this contribution) When homes and businesses are flooded, very often the first help comes from the fire and rescue serv...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) That is a very sensible suggestion. I think it inevitable that communities and others will increasin...

Paul Robert Holmes | 485 c1111 (Link to this contribution) The floods in the summer of 2007 affected four rivers in Chesterfield: the Rother, the Hipper, the W...

Hilary Benn | 485 c1111 (Link to this contribution) It is very kind of my hon. Friend to say that I have the power to make that happen, but I hope that ...

Subjects

Compensation Housing Flood control Infrastructure Insurance Floods Forecasts Protection Water companies Sewers Flooding Lessons Learned Review

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