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Floods And Flood Defence

EDM number 14 in 2004-05, proposed by Tim Yeo on 23/11/2004.

That this House notes the findings of the research by the Environment Agency which show that around five million people, in two million properties, live in flood risk areas in England and Wales; warns that the risk of both inland and coastal flooding in these areas will increase as a result of increases in the frequency of extreme weather events and sea levels rising due to climate change which could increase the number of properties at risk from flooding to 3.5 million; highlights the fact that claims for storm and flood damages in the UK have doubled to over ú6 billion over the period 1998 to 2003; is concerned that more new developments are being situated in floodplains; and calls on the Government to take more strategic and holistic approach to flood management and water supply by strengthening existing legislation concerning developments on flood plains, avoiding building new developments in high flood risk areas, ensuring that all new developments in at risk areas incorporate measures to mitigate the impact of flooding and devolving power over flood defences as closely as possible to community level.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Yeo23/11/2004South SuffolkConservativeProposed
Anne McIntosh23/11/2004Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock24/11/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Crispin Blunt24/11/2004ReigateConservativeSigned
Adrian Flook24/11/2004TauntonConservativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson24/11/2004Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Gregory Campbell24/11/2004East LondonderryDUPSigned
Julian Brazier24/11/2004CanterburyConservativeSigned
Rob Marris24/11/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Peter Luff24/11/2004Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton24/11/2004East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Robert Key24/11/2004SalisburyConservativeSigned
Bob Spink25/11/2004Castle PointConservativeSigned
Paul Goodman25/11/2004WycombeConservativeSigned
James Gray25/11/2004North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson25/11/2004UpminsterConservativeSigned
David Wilshire25/11/2004SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald29/11/2004North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell29/11/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley29/11/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Howard Flight29/11/2004Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis29/11/2004New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Marion Roe29/11/2004BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous29/11/2004South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Theresa May29/11/2004MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Alistair Burt30/11/2004North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Betty Williams30/11/2004ConwyLabourSigned
David Amess30/11/2004Southend WestConservativeSigned
Keith Simpson30/11/2004Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
Bob Russell30/11/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson30/11/2004StrangfordDUPSigned
John Randall30/11/2004UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman01/12/2004MeridenConservativeSigned
Andrew Hunter01/12/2004BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
Paul Burstow01/12/2004Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Francois01/12/2004RayleighConservativeSigned
Ian Taylor02/12/2004Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan02/12/2004Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
Albert Owen02/12/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Nigel Jones02/12/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean02/12/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Annette Brooke06/12/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey06/12/2004Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Ainsworth06/12/2004East SurreyConservativeSigned
Peter Atkinson06/12/2004HexhamConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge07/12/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross07/12/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon08/12/2004North DownUUPSigned
Michael Fabricant08/12/2004LichfieldConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire08/12/2004East DevonConservativeSigned
John Gummer09/12/2004Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson13/12/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Patrick Mercer13/12/2004NewarkConservativeSigned
Eric Pickles16/12/2004Brentwood & OngarConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin16/12/2004LeominsterConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/12/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Derek Conway20/12/2004Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell20/12/2004DaventryConservativeSigned
Peter Viggers21/12/2004GosportConservativeSigned
Julie Kirkbride21/12/2004BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans21/12/2004Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Tony Clarke21/12/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
David Maclean21/12/2004Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Oliver Letwin21/12/2004West DorsetConservativeSigned
John Horam21/12/2004OrpingtonConservativeSigned
George Osborne21/12/2004TattonConservativeSigned
Sydney Chapman10/01/2005Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Mark Field13/01/2005Cities of London & WestminsterConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier17/01/2005HarboroughConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond17/01/2005Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry25/01/2005WealdenConservativeSigned
Parmjit Gill09/02/2005Leicester SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Rosindell21/02/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed23/02/2005Mid BedfordshireIndependentSigned
Peter Duncan01/03/2005Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
Quentin Davies04/03/2005Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
James Paice08/03/2005South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
William Cash10/03/2005StoneConservativeSigned
Stephen O'Brien14/03/2005EddisburyConservativeSigned
Gregory Barker17/03/2005Bexhill & BattleConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson04/04/2005EastbourneConservativeSigned

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