Part of First Minister's Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 12:00 pm on 13 September 2007.
The First Minister will be aware from the excellent conference on flooding in Perth on Monday, to which the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment invited me—[ Interruption. ] The First Minister will be aware of the massive potential for flooding throughout Scotland and the misery that flooding causes. I welcome the proposed legislation on flooding, but in the light of the hard choices that are to be made in the spending review, will the First Minister assure Parliament that sufficient funds will be made available to address the problems of river and coastal flooding, which become more apparent every day?