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MP to meet flooding group

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is to meet members of the River Hull Flood Action Group.

The meeting comes after the group contacted

Graham with concerns about the Environment Agency’s (EA) River Hull Flood Risk Management Strategy.

Last piece in flooding defence jigsaw approved

News that the final stretch of flood defence for Burstwick has been approved by planners has been welcomed by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart.

Work on a section of the defences, being built by the Environment Agency, had been delayed when Sport England objected to the loss of part of the village playing fields. Following [...]

Re-think on flooding plan backed by MP

2007 flooding

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness today said he was delighted to hear plans to allow farmland around Leven to be used to store flood water had been dropped.

The Environment Agency (EA) had suggested one option to reduce flooding further down the River Hull would have been to create a flood water [...]

Minister responds to dredging questions

Holderness coast

Following an Adjournment Debate at the House of Commons on off-shore dredging, led by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart, a government minister has answered a series of questions.

Graham called for the debate after being contacted by constituents who believe off-shore dredging is causing coastal erosion to speed up.

MP to meet with Shoreline Management Plan bodies

Holderness coast

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is to meet with members of the Humber Estuary Coastal Authorities Group and Environment Agency (Friday Nov 13) following the publication of the draft of the second Shoreline Management Plan (SMP2).

 The plan, which covers the coast from Flamborough in the North to Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, in [...]

Pressure from MP and residents sees ‘stronger case’ for Sunk Island protection

Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, today welcomed news that the Environment Agency (EA) has agreed that the case to maintain flood protection for Sunk Island is stronger than they first thought.

 People living and working in the low lying, but highly productive, area of Holderness to the east of Hull had [...]

MP hits out at Floods Bill delays

Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, has accused the Government of ‘incompetence’ and ‘complacency’ after it published a Floods and Water Bill in draft form only.
 
The Bill comes almost two years after the flooding of June 2007 and, according to the Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, aims to “improve how we prepare for and respond [...]