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As I made clear earlier, we have stood up the flood recovery framework, and that includes business rate relief and also grants to help ou

In any planning system, it is obviously open to people to contribute during the consultation phase.

I should be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss his concerns further.

I agree with my hon. Friend.

Within the next two months.

Because of the increased frequency of such flood events, there have been a number of reviews of our approach to flooding, including the P

I can give my hon. Friend that undertaking.

I shall be more than happy to look at the specific issue that my hon. Friend has raised.

My hon. Friend makes the important point that we are not yet out of the woods with this particular incident.

There are a number of examples of projects that use lagoons to manage surplus water during times of flooding, including one at Salford.