Ministerial statement on Monday, 23 November 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Davies of Oldham.

Flooding in Cumbria

Lords statement on the flooding in Cumbria.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 715 c151-9
Session: 2009-10
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Campbell-Savours | 715 c156 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should inform the House that Workington, Cockermouth and Keswick are in my former consti...; Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 715 c154-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement on the flooding incidents in Cumbria. My ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c155-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for the constructive way in which they have addressed th...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c151-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House I shall repeat the Statement made by the Secretary of State fo...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 715 c153-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to thank the Minister for repeating this sombre Statement and I am grateful ...; Earl of Mar and Kellie | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although the volunteer emergency services have done very good work, I wonder whether there...; Lord Sheikh | 715 c158 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it must be appreciated that not every householder or owner of a business will be insured. ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is right. Some people will not be insured, despite the extent to which that...; Lord Campbell-Savours | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) Will my noble friend seek to establish why on the day before the floods, at a time when Cumbria was ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a highly technical question. I have not had time to work my way through the issue ...; Lord Judd | 715 c157 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as somebody who lives extremely near to Cockermouth, I thank my noble friend for having re...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c157-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. I am aware that he knows the area intimately and is able...; Lord Tordoff | 715 c158 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as one raised on water from Thirlmere—and I have never enjoyed better water in my life—and...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c158 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, who is also very knowledgeable about the Lake District. I...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c156-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for the generosity of his last few remarks. As for the ea...; Lord Judd | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there has been reference to the insurance issues that have arisen in this disaster. Is my ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I imagine that we can never have enough support in those terms. We are well aware of the f...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 715 c159 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government are all too aware of the risk of flooding. That is why we have in place the...
Subjects: Bridges Cumbria Housing Finance Flood control Floods Local government finance Small businesses Utilities Roads Repairs and maintenance Bellwin scheme
Contains statistics: Yes
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Flooding in Cumbria

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