Coal Tip Safety

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 30 March 2022.

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Photo of Peredur Owen Griffiths Peredur Owen Griffiths Plaid Cymru 1:31, 30 March 2022

It was clear from the coal tip safety statement yesterday that there is much more work to be done in the years ahead to make safe the legacy of our industrial past in Wales. It'll take many years and and hundreds of millions of pounds to sort this out. It goes without saying that Westminster, which reaped the benefits and the profits from the coal industry, should be footing the bill. It's a scandal that they are not. How are you linking up with other Government departments to ensure that we will have the necessary expertise and capacity within Wales to undertake the specialist work needed to make our communities safe? Remedial work considered acceptable decades ago must surely now be reassessed in light of the climate crisis we face.