MPs will hold a one-off evidence session next week to examine the environmental and human impact of metal mine pollution in Wales.
The Welsh Affairs Committee will meet on Wednesday, July 1, at 2.30pm in the Macmillan Room at Portcullis House.
The session will focus on pollution caused by abandoned metal mines, which continue to affect rivers, land and communities across Wales.
Figures from the Mining Remediation Authority suggest around 1,300 abandoned mine sites are impacting water quality and ecology in more than 700km of Welsh watercourses.
MPs are expected to question Laura Hughes, Public Policy Correspondent at the Financial Times and host of the Untold: Toxic Legacy podcast, alongside Professor Mark Macklin, Emeritus Professor of River Systems and Global Change at the University of Lincoln.
Professor Macklin has spent more than 40 years investigating the consequences of metal mine pollution on rivers.
The committee will look at what progress has been made since a similar hearing was held two years ago by its predecessor committee.
It is also expected to examine the health and environmental effects of historic mining, what further support may be needed for affected communities, and how contaminated land should be managed.
The session forms part of the committee’s wider work examining the environmental and economic legacy of Wales’ industrial past.
The evidence session can be watched live on Parliamentlive.tv.
