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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:34 am on 29 November 2012.

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Photo of John Glen John Glen Conservative, Salisbury 10:34, 29 November 2012

The extraordinary levels of rainfall over the past week have caused the banks of the River Avon to burst. Local residents, National Farmers Union members and farmers in Britford have been warning that that would be likely as a result of stopping weed cutting in the river. Will the Leader of the House make time for a debate on how local expertise can be listened to in order to avoid changes in regulations that allow these risks to become much higher, as we have seen this week?