00:00devastated by storm damage, homes and businesses wrecked and an important A
00:04road severed. Thousands who used it to commute to school, work and health care
00:08are stranded, bus routes broken, emergency vehicles blocked and the 300,000
00:12visitors who come annually and underpin our fragile tourist economy now in doubt.
00:17But this is a place that has stepped up twice to defend our country. Once when
00:22one and a half million cubic metres of shingle were dredged out of the bay to
00:25build the naval dockyards in Plymouth and again when it was used as the
00:29training ground for the D-Day landings at a cost of 750 American soldiers lives.
00:35It is also the site of a unique National Nature Reserve with rare species found
00:40only here. This storm damage is of national significance so I ask the Prime
00:45Minister if he will ensure that the myriad of government agencies and
00:50departments needed will work together with experts to find and fund a
00:54sustainable long-term solution to the coastal erosion that is inflicting so
01:04it is a very important question but I am sure the Prime Minister must have got it in the first
01:08two minutes. Prime Minister.
01:11The Prime Minister. I know communities have been badly affected by recent storms and damage
01:16the A379 is very concerning. I am pleased that she I think is meeting the Roads and Floods
01:22Minister today I think we are investing £10 billion to improve coastal and flood
01:28defences and I want to thank the Environment Agency staff for working hard
01:31right now putting ex-protections in place and supporting people ahead of
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