ACTION to prevent further landslides at coal tips has been promised by ministers after an MP shared his constituents' "anxiety" following recent flooding.

Landslides have been reported in some flood-hit parts of South Wales, including at former coal tips.

During business questions, Labour's Chris Bryant (Rhondda) asked ministers to meet MPs in affected areas and to ensure the Coal Authority is "doing everything in its power to make sure everybody is safe".

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He said: "Following the flooding we've seen significant landslides on former coal sites.

"I don't want to overstate this but there is some anxiety about what that might mean for stability and the future of some of these tips."

Responding for the government, business minister Nadhim Zahawi promised action by himself and Alok Sharma, the business, energy and industrial strategy secretary.

Mr Zahawi added: "The secretary of state will absolutely meet with him and other concerned MPs and make sure the Coal Authority is doing everything it can.

"And I would also like to visit and see for myself what is happening so that actually we can work together on this."

Last week, first minister Mark Drakeford and Welsh secretary Simon Hart co-chaired a meeting on coal tip safety following the recent storms, amid calls for the government to fund an urgent review of all former coal mining sites in South Wales after the floods.

Welsh Labour MPs raised concerns in the Commons last week over the former coal sites as they pressed for funding to guard against a repeat of the Aberfan disaster which claimed 144 lives in 1966 when a coal tip collapsed.

Later, shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said: "The minister must acknowledge that this is a paltry amount of support.

"According to the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) flooding will cost small businesses hundreds of millions of pounds and thousands can't find affordable flood insurance.

"Further, on flood defence, the government has pledged only half the capital advised, only £450 million a year for the next six years.

"The prime minister refused to hold a Cobra meeting following the floods, he couldn't even be bothered visiting the flood-affected areas.

"So is it not the case that the government's response to this disaster is yet another example of a part-time prime minister failing to provide the leadership our country needs in a time of crisis?"

Business minister Paul Scully replied: "The prime minister is leading on this issue from the front. He's actually getting money out of the door."