Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials in his Department have plans to hold meetings in the near future with the leadership of the River Severn Partnership on the prevention of flooding in Shrewsbury.

The former floods Minister Rebecca Pow met with the hon. Member and Professor Mark Barrow (Chair of the River Severn Partnership) on 23 May to discuss the steps to prevent flooding in Shrewsbury and managing the River Severn. Officials and the Environment Agency are continuing to follow up on the discussions from the meeting in May.