Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 22 November 2022.
I absolutely agree with you that it's far better for absolutely everybody involved to take a preventative approach to flooding, rather than always having to react. Clearly, as a Government, we have put significant funding into those preventative measures, with a large number of schemes right across the country, not just in south-west Wales. I did mention in my answer to Sioned Williams that flood schemes can only manage risk, and what our national flood strategy does is set out how we will manage that risk over the next decade. But I'm sure the Minister will certainly be very happy to take up the concerns that you raise with NRW and the local authority.