News Release

27th June 2007

FLOODING IN THE LICHFIELD CONSTITUENCY

Michael Fabricant will be meeting with officials from Lichfield District Council, the Civil Contingencies Unit and other agencies late next week to discuss flooding in his constituency.

"I have resisted the temptation to visit the work currently being undertaken to relieve flooding and to prevent further flooding. I know this would be an unwelcome distraction to those involved in this crucial work" says Michael Fabricant. "Instead, I shall be meeting with Nina Dawes and senior officials of Gold Command in Lichfield and the Civil Contingencies Unit next Friday when, I hope, the floods will have abated.

"I will want to know what work has been undertaken to relieve the flooding and help residents, what structural work and assistance to residents still need to be undertaken, whether the infrastructure such as roads drainage met the challenge, what work can be undertaken over the next few months to prevent further flooding, and what lessons have been learned for the future. I shall also be asking what help I can give acting as a conduit to Government ministers and national resources."