Flooding: Monmouthshire
Debate between Anna McMorrin and Ben Lake(1 week, 5 days ago)
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Ben Lake (Ceredigion Preseli) (PC)
I also associate myself with the Minister’s comments. My thoughts are very much with the people of Monmouthshire as they try to get their lives back on track. She rightly mentioned the increasing frequency of severe weather events. Further to the very wise words of the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Mr Barros-Curtis), in addition to collaboration between the two Governments, in light of the increasing frequency of severe weather events, I wonder whether it is time for us to consider a central resilience fund to provide the additional emergency support that is sadly becoming far too routine?
Anna McMorrin
The hon. Member rightly points out the important link between climate change and increased flooding, which I mentioned earlier. It is very important to build resilience into communities and housing. I know that there is a fund. We are putting funding in; this Government take very seriously that investment, whether it is in new build, existing build or communities, businesses and infrastructure at risk. We absolutely need to ensure that with changing weather patterns, increased rainfall and further flooding, our communities and people across the country are safe.
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Debate between Anna McMorrin and Ben Lake(2 years, 10 months ago)
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Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North) (Lab)
Ben Lake (Ceredigion) (PC)
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Debate between Anna McMorrin and Ben Lake(6 years, 2 months ago)
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