Part of First Minister's Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 12:00 pm on 13 September 2007.
We recognise that Scotland needs to take a more sustainable approach to flood risk management in order to tackle the increased risk of flooding associated with climate change. That will be addressed by the flooding bill that I announced in the programme for government on 5 September. Of course, Mike Rumbles will have noticed that on Monday of this week the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment held Scotland's first flooding summit to discuss with stakeholders what more needs to be done.