Flooding - 25th June 2012

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Flooding.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-06-25/debates/12062515000003/Flooding

Mary Creagh (Labour)

Every £1 invested in flood defences saves £8 in costs further down the line. This weekend, we had a reminder once again that floods are the greatest threat that climate change poses to our country. The right hon. Lady mentioned how much the Government are investing in flood defences, but that is a 30% cut from the 2010 baseline. In the light of what has happened, will she undertake to review the figure? Will she reassure the House that she will resist any pressure from the Treasury to cut flood defence spending in next year’s comprehensive spending review? Communities that have been devastated by flooding should not have to go through that terrible experience again.

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