§ Sir G. Sinclairasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now make a further statement on the contribution that the Government will make towards flood relief.
§ Mr. GreenwoodThe Government will decide on an appropriate contribution towards flood relief when it has more information than is at present available about the response to public appeals and the extent of the uninsured losses. Claims have been slow to come in and this makes it difficult for the administrators of funds to assess the position.
§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what advice he has given to local authorities in connection with claims for compensation for damage done by flooding; and what further advice he has given on the exercise of their statutory powers to meet compensation claims for household articles, or damage to property, where flooding and pollution arises directly or indirectly from a lack of drainage or inefficient drainage.
§ Mr. GreenwoodClaims are being made on local flood relief funds, and advice on the way in which such claims should be dealt with has been sent to the administrators of those funds. Local authorities generally are aware of their powers to contribute to flood relief funds or to make payments directly in relief of personal hardship caused by flooding.