Coal: Spoil Heaps

(asked on 25th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government on what dates during the past five years they held meetings with the Government of Wales to discuss the (1) safety, and (2) management, of National Coal Board coal tips; and who was present at those meetings.


Answered by
Lord Callanan Portrait
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 8th February 2022

Ministers and officials from Her Majesty’s Government and the Welsh Government meet regularly to discuss a range of issues including the safety and management of coal tips. In addition, the UK Coal Authority has been working alongside the Welsh Government on its programme of tip risk assessments and inspections.

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