Local Liberal Democrat Euro MP's delight as European Parliament votes to support funding for UK's flood hit areas

12.06.53pm GMT Tue 11th Mar 2008

Local Liberal Democrat MEP Diana Wallis has expressed her delight after the vote today in the European Parliament which secured about £100 million of funding to support those areas of the UK, including those in Yorkshire & the Humber, hit by last summer's floods.

Speaking after the vote to approve the release of the money from the EU's Solidarity Fund, Ms. Wallis, a Vice-President of the European Parliament, said:

"I am delighted that this has been approved so overwhelmingly. I first approached Gordon Brown personally last summer pressing him to get an application for funding submitted so I am pleased that it has passed this final hurdle."

Speaking in the debate that preceded the vote, Ms. Wallis had said:

"For me, representing Yorkshire & the Humber, an area directly hit by the abnormal floods last summer, I am only too aware of the impact the floods had on the cities and villages across my region. There are still very many individuals out of their homes and whilst this money will not go to them directly, it will nevertheless support the communities in which they live.

"It will also mean that…my constituents will now understand that European solidarity has a tangible practical meaning."

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