Flood Risk Management

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 3 February 2021.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 1:33, 3 February 2021

Thank you for that answer, Minister. Minister, I've been contacted by many constituents whose homes were affected by the flooding just a few weeks ago, in terms of storm Christoph, and they've raised concerns with me that the authorities seem to be aware that there were some deficiencies in the flood defences, and in fact the flood defences in Cae Ddol park had been topped up with sandbags up until a few months prior to this particular flooding event. Many of those residents say that if those sandbags had still been in place and not taken away by Natural Resources Wales, or whichever authority placed them there, then their homes and businesses may not have been actually flooded. Can you assure us that the investigations that will now be under way into that flooding event will take these matters into account, and that, should the defences in the Ruthin area be found to be deficient in any way, the Welsh Government will make the funding available in order to improve flood resilience in Ruthin for my constituents and for the businesses situated there?