Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 13 June 2018.
Thank you for the reply, Minister. Since I tabled the question, I'm pleased that the likely site of the infestation has been identified and now handed over to Natural Resources Wales. There's still a good deal of stress and distress, particularly in the Morfa and the seaside parts of town where the problem was most intense, and it was deeply unpleasant for many families. There's a great deal of concern that the problem could reoccur over the summer. The council officers have worked hard to find the source, but I think there are some lessons to learn about communicating with the community, and there are, no doubt, broader lessons to learn too. Would the Welsh Government support Carmarthenshire County Council to see what they can do to improve the local environmental quality, in what is one of the poorest parts of Llanelli, but also reflect with them on what lessons can be learned for them and other councils, should another outbreak occur again?