Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 3:17 pm on 10 February 2021.
Can I just associate myself with the remarks of David Rees with regard to how people have really stepped up to the plate in Skewen? Two weeks ago, on the back of his topical question, I asked the local government Minister a question that she didn't answer, but I think you might be able to—maybe you're better placed to do that. Obviously, with the Skewen floods, the focus was very much on the role of the Coal Authority property, but my question was wider, about the liability of landowners through whose land water runs—so, things like canals and other conduits; I'm not talking about water mains, but that kind of conduit. Some of the land's going to be publicly owned, either by local government, central Government or Natural Resources Wales, so can you tell us how public bodies are financed to meet the costs of liabilities incurred as the result of a failure of infrastructure on their land that leads to flood damage, either on their own land or third-party land, as we've seen in Skewen, and how is that reflected in the Welsh Government budget?