Flood and Water Management

I support that request and wish to reinforce the recommendation in the Committee's original report. On IDBs, the Government response says that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is"““considering what changes should be made to funding arrangements””." I hope that that review will happen sooner rather than later. IDBs do a fantastic job from the ground up, with a real understanding of the topography of areas such as Holderness, which I represent. I want local people to be able to hold the money and commission effective flood protection, whether from the Environment Agency or another body. I am convinced, as is my hon. Friend, that putting it in the hands of local people rather than the agency will be more cost-effective.