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United Kingdom: MPs call for urgent action to reduce flooding
2013-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The government needs to take urgent action to reduce the impact of flooding, MPs have said. Ministers had been "too slow" in pushing through changes to improve protection, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said. But it welcomed government plans for more competition in the water sector, in its report on the draft Water Bill. The government said the proposed legislation would build resilience into the UK's water infrastructure. However, Labour said the plans were "ideologically...
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