(Redditch) (Con):...I
am pleased that the Bill has the support of
the National Farmers Union and the
Association of Drainage Authorities. The Bill will be welcome in my
constituency because as well as Somerset and Cumbria, we suffer in
my area from flooding. Most recently, we experienced flooding in an
area called Hollywood—not in Los Angeles but just up the road in
Birmingham—where two months’ worth of rain fell in two hours. I am
delighted that an organisation has come together to put in place
the Hollywood risk management plan, because the flooding caused £15
million-worth of damage, which people in that area could ill
afford. I am very pleased that there are measures in the Bill that
will help local communities up and down the land, should those
communities choose to put them in place...
(Ipswich) (Lab): I
echo the words of my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton
and Devonport (Luke Pollard) on Second Reading and in Committee,
and I welcome the cross-party consensus that has, if not sped the
Bill along its way, allowed it to ooze into its present position.
I add my thanks and appreciation for the efforts of the hon.
Member for Somerton and Frome (David Warburton), whose hard work
and persistence has got us to this point. Of course, the Bill
also has the support of the Government, even though they did not
take it forward in Government time, and of the National Farmers
Union, the Environment Agency and the Association of Drainage
Authorities...
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