Storm Barra: Weather warnings for most of UK as gales and snow hit

Asked whether it was acceptable for people to be without power for as long as they had been, he replied: "No I don't think it is. Too many people have spent too long without power.""I think that we need to learn the lessons for the future and make sure that we have better resilience against storms of this kind. It's likely to happen again, we've got to make sure we protect people against it," he said.