Flooding - New inquiry announced

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has decided that it will hold an inquiry into flooding. Evidence sessions are likely to begin on 10 October and the Committee's work is intended to contribute to the conclusions of the independently-led 'lessons learned' exercise that the Secretary of State announced on 12 July 2007. The Committee is appointing Members to gather information from some of those directly involved in order to help inform its inquiry.

The Committee invites written memoranda from interested parties on the issues raised by recent flooding in England and Wales and what steps public authorities should take to address them. These should reach the Committee by 13 September 2007. More information about the required format of submissions is given below.

In addition, while memories are fresh, the Committee would welcome brief e-mails (to efracom@parliament.uk) from people and organisations directly affected by the recent flooding, with suggestions about the issues the Committee should examine during its inquiry.