the tragic death of private david leigh collins whilst off duty in cyprus is a devastating blow to his mother, my constituent and family and friends in the constituency in manchester. will the deputy prime minister assure me that the foreign office and the ministry of defense are working with secretary authorities to assure that the perpetrators are brought to justice? >> first, i think everybody, hearts of course go out to the mother and family and friends of david collins who came to such an untimely death in the way he described. it's right for him to raise this issue on behalf of of david collins, his mother. i certainly can short the ministry of defense and the foreign office will do everything they can to find exactly what happened and bring the perpetrators to justice to ensure the secretary of state of defense who is here will keep them updated as things evolve. >> thank you, mr. speaker. much needed costs destroyed in a devastating floods that affected my constituency last month, warnings we face another winter of floats to the government promised to bring forward plans for a