Peter Allen holding a discussion of the floods on Radio 5 Live, with an audience and panel including
- Government Floods Envoy Robert Goodwill MP (on the telephone, he was not in the room with the audience)
- York and Leeds City Council leaders (Judith Blake and Chris Steward)
- Shadow Floods Minister Alex Cunningham MP
- Architect Robert Barker (Aquatecture
- Friends of the Earth (Dr Anna Watson)
- Co-op insurance (Gary Hueting, Chief Operating Officer)
- NFU
- Dr Jillian Labadz, Nottingham Trent University
Content
- Community hubs and Flood forums – (34 mins to 58 mins)
- Dredging …..1 hour 20 mins and various other times after
- Uplands and catchment planning about 1 hour 29 mins in…..(then taped info re Pickering at 1 hour 37) and peat moorlands at 1 hour 43 mins
- Flood barriers and standards of protection 1 hour 51 – national water transfers and new reservoirs used for both flood and drought…….mixed views
- Catchment planning and need to view rivers as national assets/infrastructure – Alex Cunningham MP – 1 hour 55mins
- Housing developments and floodplains – 1 hour 57
- Government Flood Envoy Robert Goodwill MP – 2 hours
- Criticism of Sir Peter Dilley (Chairman of EA) – 2 hours 23mins – but support for EA generally
- Flood proofing houses – 2 hours 26 mins
