We have an absolute moral obligation to steward the natural environment that we live in, and to ensure a good living for the people who look after the land.
I visited the village of Allington near Devizes this week to see the impact of the recent flooding. Councillor Paul Oatway and I met residents Neil and Sion Allen, whose house has been flooded four times in the past few months, along with their neighbour Lavinia Postlethwaite.