Spoil Heaps: Coal
Commons · Question 88505 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Energy during the Westminster Hall debate on Coal Tip Safety and Prohibition of New Coal Extraction Licences on 22 October
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 12 Nov 2025
Coal tips are a devolved matter and it would be for the Welsh Government to produce any updated estimate of the cost of remediating coal tips in Wales. The Welsh Government has done a considerable amount of work mapping recorded coal tips and they believe...