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The Committee noted that the Government has confirmed it will deliver an independent review of the S19 reports. In light of this, the Committee agreed to congratulate the petitioner on this and the other positive outcomes of their petitioning, including the greater consideration of the mental health impacts in future investment in flood alleviation, and closed the petition.

Buffy Williams MS declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

She lives in Pentre, one of the areas affected by the flooding in 2020.

Luke Fletcher MS declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

He knows the petitioner.

Joel James MS declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

He is a Councillor at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Council.

The Committee agreed to write back to the Minister for Climate Change, asking that the government brings together an overview of the findings from each of the different section 19 reports and the NRW report, that considers the human cost alongside the technical details.

Members also agreed to write to the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, requesting that they consider the issues and evidence raised by the petitioner as part of their future work.

Leanne Wood MS declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

The Petitioner is known to her and she has been involved with the campaign.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to pass the petition for further consideration by its successor committee in the next Senedd in light of the situation at that time, including in relation to the publication of Section 19 reports.

The Committee considered the issues raised in the recent Plenary debate and the further correspondence received from the petitioner and agreed to write to:

·         the Minister for Education to seek a response to the questions asked by the petitioner about what the current reports being produced will provide; and

·         Natural Resources Wales to seek its response to the petition, the further information received to date and its view on the role on the possible role that an independent inquiry could play.

NDM7502 Janet Finch-Saunders

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the petition ‘P-05-1010 An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are learned’ which received 6,017 signatures.

P-05-1010 An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are learned

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NDM7502 Janet Finch-Saunders

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the petition ‘P-05-1010 An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are learned’ which received 6,017 signatures.

P-05-1010 An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are learned

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Leanne Wood declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

She knows the petitioner and has shared the petition within her constituency.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to Business Committee to seek time for a plenary debate on the petition.