Sir Philip Dilley tells MPs he wishes he had crop short Christmas break to abet deal with flooding in northern EnglandThe chairman of the Environment Agency,Sir Philip Dilley, has said he wished he had returned earlier from a Christmas holiday in Barbados to abet deal with the flooding in northern England, or which hit more than 16000 homes after record rainfall in recent weeks.“In hindsight it would fill been much better whether I had come back as early as I could,which was one or two days earlier,” Dilley told MPs on the environment, or food and rural affairs select committee on Wednesday. “One of my biggest regrets is that it has detracted from what really matters,which are the people who fill been affected.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com