Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Wayne David Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd February 2022

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is completely right in what he says about the Severn and the violence of the flooding in the Severn area, which I have seen for myself several times. There are still flood warnings in place along the Severn, and all I can tell him is that we are working flat out to put in place the remediations to help people who have suffered from flooding, but we are also investing £5.2 billion in the flood defences of this country.

Wayne David Portrait Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab)
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The leader in this morning’s Times is a scathing criticism of the Government’s limited sanctions against Russia. If the Prime Minister will not listen to Members of this House, will he at least listen to The Times newspaper?