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Benn welcomes Pitt report on summer floods

Published: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:12:44

Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Benn, has today (17 November 2007) accepted the urgent recommendations put forward in Sir Michael Pitt’s interim report into the summer floods, on behalf of Government.

The interim report confirms the extreme nature of the weather that gave rise to the floods and identifies a number of urgent steps recommended to be taken straight away. These relate to monitoring of specific flood risks, better information sharing and the practicalities of emergency response.
To read more visit the Defra website.

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