Flood Insurance Problems

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 7 May 2013.

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Photo of Nigel Don Nigel Don Scottish National Party

We have gone from the numbers to the solutions, but I absolutely agree. That comes back to my basic point that we are never going to prevent floods; what we have to do is ameliorate their effects as best we can. Part of that is about saying, “I don’t really want a 10-foot high wall in front of my building, but I might be very happy to live with a five-foot one that I can see over from my drawing room. If that means that the place is going to be flooded once every 100 years, rather than once every 300 years, I will live with the consequences. I may not be around to have to live with them.”

I have probably covered all the issues that I wanted to cover. I am very happy with what the Government has done so far. I very much hope that it will come up with the money that Brechin needs, because we now understand the solution. We need to ensure that there is enough public funding to ensure that people get the insurance that they need and to ensure that schemes that are sensible and cost-effective are implemented across the country, particularly in Angus North and Mearns, as soon as possible.