Nicola Blackwood MP: Private Member's Debate

On Tuesday 21st February 2012 Nicola Blackwood, MP for Oxford West & Abingdon, was successful in tabling a Private Member's Debate in Westminster Hall on the subject of Flood Defences. Her primary aim was to question the Department for the Environment on the decision made by the Environment Agency to mechanise Northmoor Weir at a cost of nearly £3m using funds that could be deployed very effectively to protect people and property from future flooding. The full transcript of the debate can be seen by linking to: -

either Transcript on website or an attached Word document Flood Defences: Private Member's Debate

Nicola Blackwood and Mike Hill also featured on BBC Radio Oxofrd

See the recording of the debate by clicking the link to Flood defence debate and fast forwarding to 1330hrs.

And Nicola blackwood's News Release on the issue see News Release on Flood defence

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