7. Plaid Cymru Debate: High-risk tips

Part of the debate – in the Senedd on 30 March 2022.

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(Translated)

Motion NDM7972 Siân Gwenllian

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes that more than 300 tips are known to be classed as high risk, and the increased rainfall associated with climate change could further destabilise tips across the valleys.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that high-risk tips are made safe by:

a) asking local authorities to release information about where high-risk tips are located;

b) insisting that the UK Government provides funding to repurpose, reclaim and remediate tips;

c) installing early-warning systems wherever possible;

d) reinstating the land reclamation grant to help deal with risks on tips.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to publish a national plan of action to help regenerate the areas surrounding the tips.