Mr Speaker, when you hear “Norfolk” and “floods”, I imagine that, like most, you think of coastal flooding, salt marsh flooding, storm tides eroding our cliffs, river flooding and the broads, but not inland flooding from surface water run-off overloading drains and sewers, which is all too often overlooked, and which is why I am introducing this Bill. Over the last decade or so we have seen a spate of inland surface flooding in 23 of my 130 villages, and the problem is increasing every year due to climate change, inadequate funding for internal drainage boards and local flood authorities, relinquishing of riparian rights, and new housing developments without proper infrastructure investment. The Bill aims to address responsibilities, funding, planning, national and local data and flood mapping, embolden the Minister to take this opportunity to make key reforms essential to avoid a growing crisis worsening to calamitous levels.