Flood Recovery and Prevention

Part of 3. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:18 pm on 24 June 2020.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 1:18, 24 June 2020

Thank you. I probably should have said at some point, around last week's flooding, that the initial reports I got weren't that culverts were blocked; it was the sheer intensity of the rainfall. It was a huge amount of rainfall in a very, very short time—I think 21mm within about 20 minutes. So, I think the initial reports—. But, obviously, we need to see if there were culverts blocked on this occasion also.

I think we do need to look at natural flood management schemes, because that could help reduce the rapid run-off in urban areas. So, again, we're providing 100 per cent funding for that preparatory work. But this is an area that Welsh Government have had a huge focus on, and there's been a significant amount of funding come forward for flood alleviation schemes over the term of this Government.