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Flooding

Proceeding contribution from Lord Pickles (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 February 2014. It occurred during Opposition day on Flooding.

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Businesses will have extra time to pay other business taxes that they owe to the taxman while they get back on their feet. We have announced a separate business support scheme that is worth up to £10 million for small and medium-sized firms in flood risk areas. We are helping farmers who have been affected by the flooding and severe weather to get their businesses back on track as soon as possible. A new £10 million farming recovery fund has been set up to help local farmers that have been directly affected and to meet the short-term costs as the flood waters recede.

We are building infrastructure resilience into our railways and roads, including through a £31 million scheme to deliver 10 rail projects that will improve resilience against flooding.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
576 c331 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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