NORTH EAST DELUGE

Early day motion 343, tabled 5 July 2012 by Ian Mearns (Labour). Signed by 17 members.

That this House congratulates the emergency services and local authorities on their professional and caring work in helping people affected by the recent severe floods in the North East; and congratulates BBC Radio Newcastle on its decision to scrap scheduled programming in favour of cutting edge coverage of the flooding, which did much to help people to overcome the problems caused by the torrential downpour.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Conservative 1, DUP 1.