Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Feb 2014 Flooding
"I thank the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) for sending her best wishes to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whom I spoke to a short time before the debate. He is making progress but, as Members will readily …..." Lord Pickles - View Speech
"My hon. Friend makes a very reasonable case. Indeed, we will be announcing a number of schemes that will help with that process. In fairness to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood, she did pay tribute to the people who have done this work.
"Will the hon. Gentleman bear with me for a few moments? I would like to set out the case, and then of course he will get first dibs...." Lord Pickles - View Speech
"I have upgraded my glasses since then. However, I have always regarded the hon. Gentleman as a particularly attractive Member of this House.
Areas across the country have suffered from flooding, power loss, damage to local infrastructure, and coastal erosion. In some of the worst affected areas, communities will continue …..." Lord Pickles - View Speech
"I will come to that point towards the end of my speech. If the hon. Gentleman is not happy with my remarks, I will give way to him again...." Lord Pickles - View Speech
"We have put in some additional money ready for those precise circumstances. One of our concerns was about the riverbanks. Having looked carefully at the situation, and having had people in from the Netherlands to look at it, it seems as though they are in a very good condition. As …..." Lord Pickles - View Speech
"The right hon. Gentleman is right. I went to look at the possibilities there and was well and truly lobbied. I have reason to be very grateful to firefighters who came up with a way of keeping the roads open with a very inventive use of high-volume hoses...." Lord Pickles - View Speech
"I am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes some reasonable points and shows what can be done. In fairness, the weather was much worse for a more prolonged period than it was in 2007, and the number of dwellings affected is 7,000 or thereabouts, which is just a …..." Lord Pickles - View Speech