Theo Clarke MP for Stafford brought the Flooding Minister, Rebecca Pow MP, to visit the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust’s Wolseley Centre to discuss flood alleviation.
After some Staffordshire residents experienced flooding due to recent storms, Theo Clarke MP for Stafford pressed the Government again on the need for a flood control centre in Stafford.
Theo Clarke MP for Stafford was delighted to meet with the duty crew at Stafford Fire Station. Ms Clarke held a discussion with the team about tackling flooding in Staffordshire.
In Parliament, Theo Clarke MP for Stafford asked again for a 24/7 phone line directly to a flood control centre in Stafford. A flood control centre in Stafford would allow Staffordshire residents to receive local assistance as soon as flooding occurs.
In her meeting with the Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Theo Clarke MP for Stafford pressed the Secretary of State on the need to tackle sewage and plastic pollution to keep rivers and canals in Staffordshire clean.
Following her Westminster Hall debate in Parliament on tackling flooding in Staffordshire with Rebecca Pow MP, Minister in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Theo Clarke MP for Stafford welcomes the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ announcement that Staffor
Theo Clarke MP for Stafford was pleased to Co-Sponsor Philip Dunne MP’s Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill. This was a Bill to place a duty on water companies to ensure that untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers and other inland waters.
On 20th January 2021, during Prime Minister’s Questions Theo Clarke MP for Stafford, urged the Prime Minister to back her campaign to tackle flooding in Staffordshire and establish a flood control centre in Stafford that residents can call 24/7 to get help.