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Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
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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If you are aiming that comment at me personally I put in more than 25 years of hard work as a governor of various schools, including one in Copeland.
If you are aiming it at Copeland Conservatives in general I would point out that Trudy Harrison MP worked hard and successfully with the parents action group to get Whitehaven Academy sorted out and replace Bright Tribe after they failed to live up to the promises made when they were brought in.
If you are aiming it at the government, they have listened to the concerns of schools about the funding formula and ensured that total government support for schools has been protected in real terms - another £400 million was given to schools in the Autumn statement.
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