Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked about help to fund coalfield repairs in Wales and didn’t understand. During Prime Minister’s Questions, the number of coal deposits in the Rhondda Kinon tuff was mentioned.

Beth Winter, Labor MP for Cynon Valley, said: “There are more than 2,500 disused coal landfills in Wales. The Welsh Government previously asked the Treasury for £600 million to ensure it was maintained. Before the Autumn Statement, I had asked for an initial £20 million, but this Conservative government has provided nothing.

“Rhonda Cynon Taff has the most dangerous coal mines of any local authority and the specter of Aberfan hangs over our communities. So, may I ask the Prime Minister whether he is right to believe that Britain has benefited economically from Welsh coal, but will not fund the preservation of its heritage?

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The Prime Minister did not mention the coal advice in his response, but did mention a £1 billion off-budget rail plan.

He said: “The UK government is actually investing in Wales. Record investment in the electrification of North Wales, record investment in communities across the country and it is important to recognize that the UK Government has recently invested hundreds of millions of pounds to save jobs at Tata Steel. “The Welsh Government has access to the largest set of Barnett implications in recent years and has the resources to do so.” During her response, Ms. Winter repeatedly shouted “coal” at him.

The Welsh Government recently published the first interactive map detailing which Welsh coal mines fall into each category. You can see it here. Updated figures show there are 2,556 coal landfill recalls in Wales, 350 of them in the two most serious categories. None of the 350 notifications in categories C and D (the two most serious categories, with D being the most serious), in 14 different municipal areas, represents an immediate risk to communities, authorities reiterated.

Many are said to have been there for decades, if not centuries. You can see the map here. They are classified as high risk because of their size or proximity to residential areas or cities, not because they are at greater risk of something happening.

He asked the British government for money to make coal landfills safe, but the British government rejected the request. The Welsh Government says that with climate change, Welsh coal mines need long-term attention and funding to avoid the risk of future landslides. Evans said the bonus was created before devolution, that the UK government had to “share the responsibility” and that the bill was estimated to be worth at least £500 million to £600 million over the next 10 years. You can read the history here.

Ms Winter said: “I was disappointed with the Prime Minister’s response to my question at PMQs. My concern is that this shows Cynon Valley voters that the UK Government is not living up to the legacy of the coal industry, which predates devolution and is the responsibility of the UK Government. “I urge the First Minister and Welsh Minister to take this matter seriously and meet again with the Welsh Government to resolve it.”