The Governments own appointee resigns; not good. He was in the firing line from EFRA Committee MPs last week – see video below.
Defra 11th Jan: The Chairman of the Environment Agency Sir Philip Dilley has today resigned from his position.
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said:
Today I have accepted Sir Philip Dilley’s resignation and I would like to thank him for his work as Chairman of the Environment Agency. He has ably led the Environment Agency through some challenging times and leaves it a much better organisation, as shown in its excellent response to the recent flooding which saw staff working around… to read more go to:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-agency-chairman-resigns
EFRA Interview the Environment Agency – in response to Storm Desmond Cumbria
Scope of the inquiry ‘This one-off session was organised in response to Storm Desmond in early December. The first panel comprises of representatives from Cumbria. Since then, Storms Eva and Frank have brought flooding to Yorkshire and Lancashire as well as continued flooding to Cumbria. The second panel with the Environment Agency looks at flooding issues more generally, and examines what has happened across England during December and into the New Year.
Watch the video http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e97ba7f9-ce2b-4e6d-aca0-6637f309768f
Transcript of oral evidence – EA are 2nd in the running order