The establishment of the Flood Forecasting Centre has been a great step forward. I have visited it and seen EA and Met Office staff sitting side by side, issuing a single, unified forecast, which is a great step forward. We were all well aware that the rainfall was coming, which shows the benefits of one of the recommendations of Sir Michael Pitt's report. The Flood Forecasting Centre is certainly working effectively, and I have put money in to make that to happen.
Flooding (Cumbria)
Proceeding contribution from
Hilary Benn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 November 2009.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Flooding (Cumbria).
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