Coal: Mining
Commons · Question 30534 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet with coal tip safety groups in Wales to discuss his Department's proposals to ban future coal licences.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 13 Feb 2025
The responsibility for ensuring the safety of coal tips is a matter for the landowners and/or the Local Authority in most instances and is separate to the coal licensing duties in the 1994 Coal Industry Act. The Government recognises the importance of ens...