Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng backed Labour's call for a national resilience plan to be created, so Britain's flood defences will be bolstered against future storms.
Shadow Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said the Government must use the latest storms as a "wake up call.
Three storms have battered the nation over the past week, including Storm Eunice which left 1.4 million households without electricity – some for up to 72 hours, with just under 30,000 still without power.
