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But you can say the same thing about any spend - why pick on India, why not cut defence spending (after all they only kill people and don't actually produce anything), or services to old people (again a completely unproductive sector of society), or anything else......

Because it is a completely irrelevant point to make in this context.

I thought the Levels were supposed to flood given their geography and geology, as they are a natural wetland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Levels

I think that was the Environment Minister - different person