Serious flood events are becoming increasingly common across many parts of Norfolk. 

In Attleborough alone, over 100 were affected as a result of Storm Babet this past October – with a number of those having been flooded as recently as December 2020. For many in our Mid Norfolk towns and villages, the recent flooding was the third/fourth/fifth time they have been impacted in the last 20-30years.

People are quite rightly at the end of their tether.

That’s why flooding remains one of my main campaign focuses – and why I joined the Westminster Hall debate on Flooding yesterday to make a number of important interventions on behalf of my constituents.

Please see the video below.

This is getting worse – partly due to climate change yes, but also because of unsustainable house dumping, inappropriate investment in both infrastructure and the agencies best placed to tackle the issues (the likes of the Internal Drainage Boards and Lead Local Flood Authorities like Norfolk County Council), and the failure of bodies like the Environment Agency to place adequate emphasis on what rivers and watercourses are actually there to do: drain water to the sea.

That’s why I continue to work closely with stakeholders to support affected households and businesses, why I continue to speak up on this issue in Westminster and why I am looking to bring a Flooding Bill to the House in order to tackle many of the very serious issues we are facing in rural counties like Norfolk.

To see the full transcript of my interventions, along with the responses they received, please click here

To stay up to date with my wider flooding campaign, please visit my ‘Flooding and the Mid Norfolk Flood Partnership’ campaign page here