Select Committee · Welsh Affairs Committee

Metal Mine Pollution in Wales

Status: Closed Opened: 24 Apr 2024 Closed: 28 May 2024

This session will consider the extent and impact of metal mine pollution, current plans for remediation, whether existing regulations are adequate, and the level and transparency of information available to the public.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
8 May 2024 Carl Banton · Mining Remediation Authority, Christian Wilcox · Natural Resources Wales, Dave Johnston · Natural Resources Wales, Dr Andrea Sartorius · University of Nottingham, Nick Cox · Mining Remediation Authority, Professor Mark Macklin · University of Lincoln View ↗

Who gave evidence

6 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Carl Banton · Operations Director Mining Remediation Authority 1
Christian Wilcox · Head of Strategic Projects Natural Resources Wales 1
Dave Johnston · Senior Specialist Advisor, Abandoned Metal Mines Natural Resources Wales 1
Dr Andrea Sartorius · Research Fellow University of Nottingham 1
Nick Cox · Head of Programme Delivery - Metal Mines Mining Remediation Authority 1
Professor Mark Macklin · Professor of River Systems and Global Change University of Lincoln 1

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
9 May 2024 Correspondence from the Chair to the Welsh Government concerning the Committee'…
8 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Coal Authority to the Chair