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Flooding In North Yorkshire

EDM number 386 in 2005-06, proposed by Anne McIntosh on 21/06/2005.

That this House regrets the devastation caused by the flash floods in Thirsk and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliff and surrounding villages; recognises the rapid response of the emergency services, which secured a safe rescue of people caught in their homes and in their cars; pays tribute to the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, North Yorkshire Police, officials from North Yorkshire County Council, Hambledon District Council, Yorkshire Region Environment Agency and Cool Beck Internal Drainage Board; further regrets the damage caused to property, homes, cars, personal belongings, farms, livestock and crops; notes that the severity and force of the flood has caused significant damage to local roads and bridges which access the local communities; further recognises their significant replacement costs; calls on the Government to furnish North Yorkshire County Council with the necessary financial support to secure access to farms and properties and to refund local authorities for the total cost of the emergency through the Barnett formula; and further calls for the streamlining of the organisations responsible for home defences and a review of funding arrangements.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anne McIntosh21/06/2005Vale of YorkConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley22/06/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Gregory Campbell22/06/2005East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Hugh Bayley22/06/2005City of YorkLabourSeconded
Bob Spink22/06/2005Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones22/06/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson22/06/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Lindsay Hoyle23/06/2005ChorleyLabourSigned
Richard Burden23/06/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/06/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Tim Loughton27/06/2005East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/06/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice29/06/2005PendleLabourSigned
Alan Meale29/06/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Alan Simpson30/06/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis12/07/2005Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Albert Owen19/07/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell10/10/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
William McCrea10/10/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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