Flooding: Management and Defence

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:21 pm on 18 April 2007.

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Photo of Lord Sheikh Lord Sheikh Conservative 3:21, 18 April 2007

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that response. Does he agree that spending on flood defences needs to rise from the current level of £590 million to £750 million a year by 2011, which is an increase of around 10 per cent each year, so that people and businesses can continue to feel secure in the knowledge that the Government have a long-term, planned and sustainable approach to the reduction of flood risk?