‘Come to Brecon and help us’: David Chadwick MP’s plea over canal crisis

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Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP David Chadwick has called for more to be done to address the water supply issue affecting the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Video from parliamentlive.tv

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00:00On that point, would you give way?

00:01I will give way.

00:03I'd like to thank my honourable friend for giving way,

00:05and I totally recognise the frustrations and the problems she's having

00:08with giving the relevant supervisory authorities to pay heed.

00:13In Brecon, they have a very similar issue in terms of the canal might potentially run dry

00:18following Welsh Water's decision to start charging the Canal Trust for the water extracts,

00:25and yet none of the relevant authorities have responded to our requests for a meeting.

00:30So does she agree that in instances like this,

00:33it would be helpful to have the minister whose department is implicated

00:36to pay attention, come to Brecon, and help us find a solution?

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