Parliamentary search - Flooding (Cumbria)

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

501 c251-60

Session

2009-10

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Bob Spink | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) In 1953, 58 people living on Canvey Island in my constituency were killed in the flood of that year....

Hilary Benn | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the House will wish to make as swift progress as possible on that Bill.

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John Grogan | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend urge the Government business managers, including my right hon. Friend the ...

Lord Cormack | 501 c259 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State accept that many of the tourists who go to Cockermouth are lovers of Wor...

Hilary Benn | 501 c259-60 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the National Trust—I believe that one of its representatives was on the radio this mo...

Hilary Benn | 501 c259 (Link to this contribution) The establishment of the Flood Forecasting Centre has been a great step forward. I have visited it a...

Angela Watkinson | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) Business and home owners, and not just in the current flood-damaged area but in other flood-risk are...

Hilary Benn | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly do that. The hon. Lady raises a very important point. The Minister for Regional Eco...

Tom Levitt | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) Clearly it is not feasible to design bridges and other structures to withstand a once-in-one-thousan...

Hilary Benn | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. The standard that the Environment Agency current...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 501 c257 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the prompt action that he and his colleagues have taken. I...

Hilary Benn | 501 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his words of sympathy and eloquent appreciation of the effor...

Derek Twigg | 501 c258 (Link to this contribution) Despite previous experiences, is my right hon. Friend confident that insurance companies will actual...

Hilary Benn | 501 c258 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that important bit of history and for reminding the Ho...

Lord Blencathra | 501 c257-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. I and my constituents pass on our condolences to t...

Hilary Benn | 501 c257 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. In relation to the bridges, there is a well established schem...

Hilary Benn | 501 c259 (Link to this contribution) As I have indicated, we will indeed learn all the lessons. At one time, in the early hours of Friday...

Andrew Miller | 501 c259 (Link to this contribution) The establishment of the Flood Forecasting Centre is a welcome development and a good example of inv...

Hilary Benn | 501 c258-9 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Minister will be meeting with the insurance companies—as we did after the 2...

Lord Beith | 501 c259 (Link to this contribution) People in Northumberland, some of whom have only recently returned to their homes after the floods o...

Hilary Benn | 501 c251-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I would like to make a statement about the serious flooding in Cumbria and other ar...

Lord Herbert of South Downs | 501 c253-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for early sight of his statement a short while ago. On behalf of the ...

Hilary Benn | 501 c254-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his words of appreciation to all those who have worked so ha...

Tim Farron | 501 c255-6 (Link to this contribution) In thanking the Secretary of State for his statement, may I add my thanks to all those who have work...

Hilary Benn | 501 c260 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman has heard, we have strengthened the planning guidance to make it clear that lo...

Subjects

Bridges

Cumbria

Housing

Finance

Flood control

Floods

Local government finance

Small businesses

Utilities

Roads

Repairs and maintenance

Bellwin scheme

Workington

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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