Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
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But metal theft is a particular curse which has been on the rise for the past few years and causes more risk than most types of theft to innocent lives.
So it is worthwhile to make a special effort to deal with it. That does not mean it is not also worth thinking about how to stop other types of theft.
When metal theft gangs rip out phone lines, power cables, control mechanisms for railway signals, or gas lines, they are creating a danger that 999 callsmay not get through, that trains may crash, that there may be fires or explosions.
The reason I am so strongly in favour of cracking down on metal theft is not mainly because it costs business a fortune - although it does, and that is an additional valid reason to object to it - but because sooner or later it is going to lead to the deaths of innocent people.
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