FLOODING IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Early day motion 2003, tabled 25 July 2007 by David Drew (Labour). Signed by 31 members.

That this House recognises the superb efforts of the emergency services in the recent flooding in Gloucestershire; thanks the armed forces and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for helping bolster the work to minimise the worst aspects of the crisis; praises the people of Gloucestershire for the wonderful community spirit they have shown; welcomes the decision to hold an independent inquiry into what happened and the lessons to be learned; and hopes that as well as investigating command and control mechanisms, local management of rivers and other waterways is fully assessed to prevent this disaster from being repeated.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 6, Conservative 5, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2.