FUNDING FOR FLOOD PREVENTION SCHEMES IN KENDAL, BURNESIDE AND STAVELEY

That this House notes the devastation caused to Cumbria in the floods of December 2015; is encouraged by the Environment Agency's work in developing proposed flood prevention schemes to protect the county in the future, including a whole system flood prevention scheme for Kendal, Burneside and Staveley; further notes that the likely cost of this scheme is around £25 million; believes that this constitutes a sound investment given that the infrastructure cost to Cumbria of the December 2015 floods is thought to be £500 million; and therefore calls on the Government to support this scheme urgently and to provide 100 per cent of the funding for it.