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Reducing Flood Risk

EDM number 1674 in 2007-08, proposed by Elliot Morley on 03/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Flooding, Utilities and Water industry.

That this House notes the important findings of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report on flooding, the interim Pitt Review report, and the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Water, which consider the future of the UK water sector; further notes that the UK's flood risk will almost certainly worsen with the potential for flood damage to increase in real terms by between two and 20 times in the next 60 to 70 years, causing damage to homes, communities and key infrastructure; believes that there are real concerns about the current ability of many communities to withstand future incidences of flooding; further notes the lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities for dealing with problems of flooding and the protection of key infrastructure; further notes the UK is considerably behind in its development of sustainable drainage systems compared to other countries, which could play a considerable part in significantly reducing the risks of flooding; calls upon the Government, through its implementation of the Water Strategy and the recommendations of the APPG report, to ensure that there is a clear allocation of responsibilities at local level for assessing the possible impact of severe weather and for triggering the appropriate multi-agency responses to severe flooding incidents, and to look to alleviate the current barriers to the development of sustainable urban drainage systems; and hopes that the final report of the Pitt Review will lead the way to substantially improved flood management.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Elliot Morley03/06/2008ScunthorpeLabourProposed
Linda Gilroy03/06/2008Plymouth, SuttonLabourSeconded
Andrew George03/06/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/06/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Joan Walley03/06/2008Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSeconded
Paddy Tipping03/06/2008SherwoodLabourSeconded
Bob Russell03/06/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink03/06/2008Castle PointUKIPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd04/06/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Desmond Turner04/06/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Ian Gibson04/06/2008Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Francis04/06/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Janet Dean04/06/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/06/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/06/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell04/06/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Denis Murphy04/06/2008WansbeckLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/06/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle04/06/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Paul Holmes04/06/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders04/06/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming05/06/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Taylor05/06/2008Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell05/06/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew05/06/2008StroudLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn05/06/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Cummings05/06/2008EasingtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/06/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Colin Breed05/06/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty06/06/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson09/06/2008Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Alan Meale09/06/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster09/06/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/06/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams09/06/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Annette Brooke10/06/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon10/06/2008ElmetLabourSigned
John Leech10/06/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter10/06/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies10/06/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Phil Willis11/06/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow11/06/2008South RibbleLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/06/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/06/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins12/06/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Ian McCartney12/06/2008MakerfieldLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/06/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mark Williams13/06/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith16/06/2008Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Paul Rowen16/06/2008RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell17/06/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Martin Horwood17/06/2008CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey19/06/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell23/06/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey25/06/2008Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Eric Illsley26/06/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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