West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has today repeated her support for local campaigns to continue to improve Worcestershire’s flood defences. The MP was speaking following the publishing of a report by the Environment select committee looking into the lessons to be learned from this winter’s floods. Harriett continued to offer support for communities which are looking to secure funding for permanent flood defences including Severn Stoke, which has recently created a community flood action group. Harriett said: “Since I was elected in 2010, six new flood defence schemes costing £9 million have been built in West Worcestershire but there is still some more work to be done. The County Council has also spent £16 million in Worcestershire to improve resilience. "We live in a part of the country that will always experience periodic flooding and it’s one of my top priorities for local residents. “I have met with the relevant landowners to discuss what can be done to deliver a permanent solution for Severn Stoke and I will be meeting with the Environment Agency this week to try to broker something feasible. “Earlier this year I took Transport Minister Baroness Kramer to see Severn Stoke and met with the publican at the Rose and Crown. She is reporting directly to the Prime Minister and I hope that this will help us to make our case for extra funds. “I am also in regular contact with Tenbury’s town council to see what more I can do to help them. “It is easy to forget flooding issues when the sun is shining but it remains an ever-present threat in Worcestershire and I am pleased that the government is spending over £3 billion in this Parliament to protect more and more homes.”