Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 20 November 2019.
Thank you for your answer, Minister. No doubt you will agree with me that we are seeing the changes in our climate due to climate change. And I would certainly say additional funding does need to be put in to dredging our rivers and water courses, which used to be undertaken on a more frequent basis some years ago, and also with additional funding for local authorities to carry out cleaning of culverts and drains. I would say that the pressure we are seeing placed on local authorities does mean that they do not have the resources that they once had to undertake some of this work, along with works on the road network, which also local authorities are responsible for. And I wonder whether you would commit to putting additional financial resources into both of these areas, which will, I would suggest, help alleviate flooding to many thousands of properties that are increasingly being put at greater risk of being flooded.