Wales Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee: annual report 2026

I am honoured to take up the position of Chair of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee for Wales. The task facing Wales to address the increasing risk of flood events from rivers, smaller watercourses, the sea and surface runoff, is immense and complex. I see a vital role of the Committee as working through this complexity and providing advice to Ministers and in turn, Risk Management Authorities, to address the challenges.

During the past year Wales once again experienced a number of flooding events affecting properties, individuals and livelihoods. Two named storms – Claudia and Bram – caused substantial flooding but there was also flooding caused by continuous and high levels of rainfall.

It was positive that Welsh Government committed a record £85million to support work by Risk Management Authorities across Wales to reduce and manage flood risk in 2026/27, building on the £377million committed across the last (sixth) Senedd term. The Committee looks forward to working with the next Government, following the May Senedd Cymru elections, to at least maintain this level of investment.

Following the Committee’s extensive work on identifying solutions to addressing the skills, capacity and workforce resilience issues in the sector, it was welcomed that Welsh Government announced multi-year support for workforce development. This support is essential to provide a valuable pathway for entrants to the workforce, providing them with work experience which is difficult to access and so often a requirement of jobs. Acknowledgment is also needed of the effort which Risk Management Authorities and the WLGA have put into the pilot and supporting the placements during the past year.

The November 2025 flooding of Monmouth demonstrated that those areas with flood defences are not without risk of flooding. Continued investment in flood risk management, including nature-based solutions, is still required, but there is also a need to work with communities to support them build their own resilience to the increased risk of flooding. The insurance industry needs to be part of this and we will use the reports published by the Committee to inform this effort.

I am grateful to my predecessor, Martin Buckle, who did a huge amount of work in setting up and growing the Committee and established the Committee as a valuable and committed resource for the flood and coastal erosion sector.

A number of the members of the Committee stood down in March and I would like to convey my thanks to them for their commitment, time and generously sharing their expertise. The Committee membership will now be reviewed, and I look forward to welcoming new members later this year.

Dr Roisin Willmott OBE FRTPI
Chair, Wales Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee
July 2026

1.1    Members of the Committee over the year 2025/26 are listed below:

• Martin Buckle: Chair, To December 2025
• Roisin Willmott: Chair, From February 2026
• Paul Blackman: Wallingford Hydro Solutions, To March 2026
• Robin Campbell: Arup    
• Jean-Francois Dulong: Welsh Local Government Association, To March 2026
• Geraint Edwards: Conwy County Borough Council, To March 2026
• Natalie Haines: Mott Macdonald, To March 2026
• Ben Kathrens: Carmarthenshire County Council    
• Anne-Marie Moon: JBA Consulting, To March 2026
• Jeremy Parr: Natural Resources Wales    
• Karen Potter: Open University, To March 2026
• Dominic Scott: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, To March 2026
• Andrew Stone: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, To March 2026
• Michael Wellington: Waterco, To March 2026
• Paul Williams: National Farmers Union Cymru, To March 2026
• Catherine Wilson: Cardiff University, To March 2026

1.2    Members were first appointed to the Committee in 2019. Dominic Scott joined in 2022, followed by Robin Campbell and Paul Williams in 2023 and Ben Kathrens in July 2025. Many members had completed the maximum two terms of three years of service in 2026 and stood down from the Committee in March, along with Dominic Scott and Paul Williams who had both completed one term.

1.3    Martin Buckle was appointed the first Chair of the Committee in 2018, and stood down in December 2025 having served two terms.  Following a Public Appointments process, Roisin Willmott was appointed Chair from February 2026.

1.4    Owen Griffiths and Steffan Jones were appointed to the Committee in March 2026, who along with Ben Kathrens, represent the Regional Flood Groups. David James was also appointed in March 2026 taking up representation of the Welsh Local Government Association. The Committee membership is under review in 2026 with a view to ensure it reflects the direction of the Committee.

1.5    The 2026/27 Committee members are as follows:

• Roisin Willmott: Chair
• Robin Campbell: Arup
• Owen Griffiths: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
• David James: Welsh Local Government Association
• Steffan Jones: Cyngor Gwynedd Council
• Ben Kathrens: Carmarthenshire County Council
• Jeremy Parr: Natural Resources Wales

Committee Meetings

1.6    The full Committee meets in public on a quarterly basis. All agendas and minutes are published on the Committee’s website. All papers, other than those of a confidential nature, are available from the Committee’s Secretariat:

floodcoastalrisk@gov.wales 

1.7    The Committee meetings held in 2025-26 are set out below.

1.8    The first meeting of 2026/27 was held on 28th July 2026 in Cardiff, with the next year’s dates planned as follows:

• 9th September 2026 (provisional);
• 5th November 2026;
• 25th February 2027; and
• 13th May 2027.

Terms of Reference

1.9    The Committee’s terms of reference can be found in Annex 1. They are derived from the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee for Wales Regulations 2017 [GOV.UK]. Details of remuneration and allowances can be found in Annex 2.

Work Programme

1.10    At the September 2025 meeting, the Committee undertook its annual update and roll forward of the three-year Work Programme. The Work Programme is organised around twelve work themes, and is closely integrated with the National Strategy. The Work Programme is also regularly reviewed and brought up to date at each Committee meeting. The programming of activity around each of the themes over the past year is summarised in the remaining sections of this report.

Sub-Committees

1.11    Four of the themes in the Work Programme, were progressed through Sub-Committees, as detailed below. Over the past year, secretariat support for the Sub-Committees has been provided by the Severn Estuary Partnership, hosted by Cardiff University, along with the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum. An overview of the work of the Sub-Committees is set out in Section 3 below.

Resources Sub-Committee

1.12    This Sub-Committee was established in 2020 to take forward Theme 4 in the Work Programme: “Explore opportunities to maximise resources for FCERM in Wales, including partnership funding contributions”. The Sub-Committee met three times in 2025/26. Its membership was as follows:

• Martin Buckle (Chair)
• Dominic Scott
• Jeremy Parr    
• Michael Wellington
  Karen Potter    
• Paul Williams

1.13    This Sub-Committee was also established in 2020, in this case to progress Theme 5 in the Work Programme: “Review of the policy and legislation around FCERM in Wales”. The Sub-Committee met three times in 2025/26. Its membership was:

• Geraint Edwards
• Andrew Stone (Chair)
• Natalie Haines    
• Michael Wellington

Research Sub-Committee

1.14    This Sub-Committee met for the first time in December 2023. It is taking forward Theme 9 in the Committee’s Work Programme: “To Influence research needs and programmes, and to disseminate research once complete.” The Sub-Committee met on four occasions during 2025-26. Its membership was as follows:

• Robin Campbell   
• Karen Potter
• Jeremy Parr (Chair)    
• Catherine Wilson

Section 19 Sub-Committee

1.15    This Sub-Committee met for the first time in February 2024. It is taking forward Theme 12 in the Committee’s Work Programme: “To establish high level requirements and supporting guidance for the Section 19 flood investigation reports [GOV.UK] prepared by local authorities.” The Sub-Committee met four times in 2025/26. Its membership was:

• Paul Blackman (Chair)    
• Natalie Haines
• Geraint Edwards    
• Anne-Marie Moon

The National Strategy – Committee Work Theme 1

2.1    The National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) in Wales was published in October 2020. As a ten year strategy, in 2025 the National Strategy reached its mid point. The case for a refresh, or indeed a replacement strategy, as the Committee stated in 2025, is now increasingly compelling (para 2.11, p10).

2.2    The first theme within the Committee’s Work Programme is to help to implement the National Strategy, along with assisting in its monitoring, updating and review. All of the Committee’s remaining work themes (see sections 3 and 4) are linked to delivering the National Strategy. The Strategy sets out 24 measures, including three which directly involve the Committee: firstly, to consider the need for changes to legislation; secondly, to explore opportunities to maximise investment; and thirdly to establish guidance for local authority flood investigation reports (known as Section 19 Reports).

Programme for Government Commitments

2.3    The Wales Programme for Government for the Sixth Senedd term was published in June 2021 and further updated in December 2021. Within a suite of measures to address climate change, the Programme included specific commitments to tackle flood and erosion risks:

• Fund additional flood protection for more than 45,000 homes;
• Deliver nature-based flood management in all major river catchments to expand wetland and woodland habitats; 
• Commission an independent review of the local government Section 19 [GOV.UK] and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) reports into extreme flooding in winter 2020-21;
• Ask the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW) to assess how the nationwide likelihood of flooding of homes, businesses and infrastructure can be minimised by 2050; 
• Legislate to strengthen the requirements for sustainable drainage systems that provide wildlife habitat; 
• Establish a scheme to restore seagrass and saltmarsh habitats along our coastline.

Flooding Events in 2025/26

2.4    Whilst not the result of a named storm, significant flooding was experienced in Carmarthenshire on 4th and 5th November 2025, with approximately 189 properties affected.

2.5    Storm Claudia brought flooding to several areas on 14th November 2025, with approximately 50 properties flooded. A major incident was declared in Monmouth, due to flooding from the River Monnow, with flooding experienced more widely across South East Wales. Welsh Government provided £1.8 million in emergency funding to repair flood defence infrastructure damage across 11 local authorities, as well as household grants of up to £1,000 for affected residents.

2.6    Storm Bram was the fourth named storm to affect the UK during the 2025/26 season, on 9th and 10th December. There had been a prolonged spell of unsettled weather during November and early December resulting in saturated ground and rivers running high prior to the Storm, exacerbating the problems.  A number of roads across Wales were closed due to flooding, including the A470 in Newbridge on Wye. A train was reported to have hit a tree on a line between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno and rail services were disrupted between Aberdare and Abercynon due to flooding.

Work Theme 2 – Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Section 18 Reports

3.1    The Committee provides an independent review of the reports prepared by NRW under Section 18 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 [GOV.UK]. These reports outline progress on the implementation of the National Strategy, with detail on how flood risk and coastal erosion are being managed every two years. The Report for the period 2023-25 was reviewed by the Committee in September 2025 prior to its submission to the Minister.

3.2    The report outlined NRW’s strategic oversight role for flood and coastal erosion risk management, and their powers to manage flooding from main rivers, reservoirs, and the sea. In the report, the latest estimates of properties at risk of flooding are over 270,000. This is approximately 1 in 7 properties in Wales.

3.3    In considering the report, Committee members raised a number of points and concluded with the following issues:

• The report successfully captures the impressive amount of work being delivered across the flood risk management sector throughout Wales. However, the Committee felt that given the scale of the challenges faced by the sector, particularly in terms of capacity, skills, funding and outdated legislation, the picture presented is probably unduly positive.
• The Committee recognised that whilst the report provides a valuable snapshot of activity over the two years, the insight into how this interfaces with longer term trends is difficult to discern and the report would benefit from a further section pulling these strands together and this would add substantially to the value of the Report overall.
• Repeating a point made in a review of the 2023 report, the need for a review and update of the National Strategy is required.

Work Theme 3 – Highlighting good practice in FCERM

3.4    As is normal for the Committee, the past year has seen considerable sharing of good practice through our programme of meetings. Presentations have been received from a number of Risk Management Authorities. Further opportunities to highlight good practice will be provided through the Committee meetings in the year ahead, informing the work programme of the Committee. Those addressed over the past year have included the following:

• Glyn Neath Flood alleviation Scheme – Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
• Mumbles Coastal Protection Scheme – Swansea Council
• Cardiff Coastal Defences – Cardiff Council
• Community Mission 5 – Flood Resilience – Torfaen County Borough Council

3.5    We have also taken opportunities, during the course of the year, to receive presentations from several wider organisations in linking to broader aspects of policy and good practice, including:

• Flood Preparedness – Disadvantaged Communities – British Red Cross
• National Flood Forum Wales Update – National Flood Forum
• Drainage & Wastewater Management Plan – Cycle Two – Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

Work Theme 4 – Exploring opportunities to maximise resources for FCERM in Wales, including partnership funding contributions

3.6    This theme in the Work Programme reflects the obligation placed on the Committee by Measure 24 of the National Strategy. It has been taken forward by our Resources Sub-Committee. The Committee’s Resources Report  was submitted to the Minister in May 2022.

3.7    In moving this review forward, a workshop was held in March 2025 with the Deputy First Minister, to consider more fully the workforce issues facing the FCERM sector across Wales. The workshop was advised that the risk of a lack of skills and capacity in the FCERM sector has become a very real, significant and current issue. It challenges Government plans to respond to the climate emergency and flooding risks. This led to Ministerial support for the creation of a Workforce Task and Finish Group, with a focus on early progress as well as more ambitious longer term courses of action and the development of a proposal for Welsh Government consideration. This Group, which had the status of a full Sub-Committee, met monthly between May and August 2025.

3.8    The membership of the Group was:

• Martin Buckle (Chair)
• Jeremy Parr
• Louise Duff, Wrexham University    
• Andrew Stone
• Jean Francois Dulong    
• Mike Wellington

3.9    Support for the Task and Finish Group was provided by Cardiff Council, funded by Welsh Government, and secretariat support provided by Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum.

3.10    The costed proposal was submitted in August 2025 and focused on four elements:

• Creating an end-to-end framework for entry to the FCERM workforce;
• Creating a flexible Wales-wide public sector resource pool of operational FCERM staff;
• Introduce rolling multi-year capital and revenue funding programmes; and
• Sourcing funding for FCERM workforce development in Wales.

3.11    The Welsh Government announced funding support for workforce development in March 2026.  The other elements are under consideration and will be explored with the next Government, post the May 2026 Senedd Cymru elections.

Governance & Collaboration – Review of Regional Groups

3.12    This element of the Resources Report includes proposals to raise the profile of FCERM within local authorities, and to review the effectiveness of the three regional working groups. This work is being led by the WLGA and will continue in 2026.

Community Engagement – Property Flood Resilience and the Role of the Insurance Sector

3.13    Our Resources Report includes a particular focus on property flood resilience and the role of the insurance sector. This had led to a fuller discussion on the issue through the Committee, and the publication of a report “Insurance & Flood Re – A Wales Perspective”  in November 2024. The report reflects critically on the status of flood risk insurance and Flood Re from a Wales perspective. It highlights the limitations of current arrangements, and raises a number of fundamental questions about the way forward. It was brought forward to initiate a dialogue, both with Flood Re and the insurance industry, and also with wider stakeholders.

3.14    A further report  detailing responses to a consultation on the November 2024 report and outlined the way forward, was considered by the Committee at its May 2025 meeting. The report was sent to Emma Hardy MP, UK Minister for Water and Flooding, given that insurance is not devolved. The report has provided evidence to support discussions between Welsh Government and UK (Defra) officials.

Work Theme 5 – Review of the policy and legislation around FCERM in Wales

3.15    This theme in the Work Programme, taken forward by our Policy and Legislation Sub-Committee, reflects Measure 1 of the National Strategy. The Final Report was agreed by Committee in September 2022 for consideration by the Minister. The Minister’s response was received in November 2023. In the light of that response, of the ten original proposals, it was agreed to focus further work on seven, around the following three themes: 

• The control of FCERM assets, including the designation of features under Schedule 1 of the Flood & Water Management Act 2010;
• Roles and responsibilities;
• Flood risk adaptation, both on the coast and inland, and flood resilience.

3.16    The Committee welcomed the publication of the revised TAN 15 in March 2025. The Committee submitted a review of the revised TAN in September 2025 to Welsh Government, which included a number of issues concerning the wording of the TAN leading to ambiguity and risk of different interpretations, making suggestions where wording could be strengthened or clarified. The Committee also recommended Welsh Government publish a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), to provide clarity and consistency of interpretation. Welsh Government published a series of FAQs in March 2026 informed by the Committee’s advice.

Work Theme 6 – Establishing links with other stakeholders

3.17    Links with other stakeholders are inevitably critical to the work of the Committee. The Wales Coastal Groups Forum (WCGF) and the regional flood risk management groups were identified at an early stage as particularly important.

The Wales Coastal Groups Forum

3.18    The Forum brings together the Chairs of the four Coastal Groups along with wider stakeholders. It also acts as the advisory panel to the Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (WCMC). Over the past year, the Committee has been represented on the WCGF by Anne-Marie Moon. A report back on progress is received by the Committee annually, the most recent being considered in November 2025.

3.19    As the SMP2s move into epoch 2, the Forum has significantly progressed National Strategy Measure 11 this year and was due to report to Welsh Government in Spring 2026. The draft report has identified that across 473 Policy Units in Wales, there is a 90.1% compliance with epoch 1 policy. The most common barriers identified for the 47 units not compliant, are funding, land ownership complexities, resource and technical capacity limitations (particularly staffing) and the presence of unknown assets / owners. Community opposition is also identified where policies such as Managed Realignment (MR) are proposed.

3.20    MR has the lowest compliance rate at just 44%. This is the most challenging SMP policy to implement. The barriers identified are particularly relevant to the implementation of this policy and MR is set to become the fastest-growing policy in epoch 2. If these issues persist, national compliance of policy for epoch 2 could be much lower than that achieved for epoch 1.

3.21    The Measure 11 draft report highlights that identified barriers to policy implementation present a major risk to the uptake and successful implementation of sustainable management approaches and must be addressed urgently. If not addressed, there is a risk SMP policies will be challenged in favour of short-term, reactionary coastal protection measures. The existence of flood defence assets with no known owners was identified as a key risk.

3.22    The Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (WCMC) continues to make good progress in delivering its work programme. A total of 223 survey units were monitored, with 2,197 coastal profiles surveyed across Wales. There are however challenges in monitoring low-lying coastal areas and estuarine floodplains due to access limitations, and the Centre is working on a project to address this.

Regional Flood Risk Management Groups

3.23    Committee meetings provide opportunities for the regional flood groups to provide input and take feedback, while the regional groups also act as a valuable resource for collecting and disseminating information. Mechanisms for strengthening their roles are under consideration (para 3.12), and it is clear that a stronger interface with the Committee would be beneficial. The regional groups have continued to bring presentations on issues of regional significance or examples of good practice to the Committee (para 3.4).

Wider Stakeholders

3.24    The Committee also recognises the importance of wider links, and both Chairs have continued to meet with a range of other stakeholders.

3.25    Recognising that whilst Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water covers the majority of Wales, Hafren Dyfrdwy is also active in North East Wales and links have been made with the Company to ensure full coverage.

3.26    With common issues around programme management and legislative change, regular contact also continues to be maintained with the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees in England.

Work Theme 7 – Advising on the integration of FCERM policies and priorities with other relevant policies and legislation

3.27    The Committee continued its engagement with the Welsh Government’s Planning Division following the publication of TAN 15 in March 2025, providing insights into the application of the planning guidance from a flood and coastal erosion perspective. The Committee will monitor the application of the TAN 15 guidance.

3.28    A comprehensive response to the consultation on the Green Paper on Water Governance in Wales was submitted, raising the need for the proposals to better integrate with flood and coastal erosion risk management activity. See Work Theme 10 for further detail.

Work Theme 9 – Influence research needs and programmes, and disseminate research once complete

3.29    The Research Sub-Committee is focusing on two key questions: how Wales identifies its research needs; and how these needs are delivered. A key task for the Sub-Committee is to ensure that Wales engages effectively with the joint England and Wales FCERM Research and Development Programme [GOV.UK]

Work Theme 10 – Responding to consultations relevant to FCERM in Wales 2025-26

3.30    As in previous years, key consultations are considered as a theme to focus on for the Committee. In 2025/26 there was just one consultation with relevance to FCERM.

3.31    The Committee responded to the consultation on the Green Paper on Water Governance, following the Cunliffe Review in April 2026. The Committee welcomed the Green Paper’s acknowledgment that Wales faces challenges in water industry related areas including, flooding and drought resilience, biodiversity loss and decarbonisation. The Committee considered that devolution of water governance to Wales offers a significant opportunity for the water and flood risk responsibilities to collaborate more effectively. However the Committee considered the Green Paper focus is on the supply of water and nutrient management and only gives passing reference to flood resilience and no mention of coastal erosion and rising sea levels. Without explicit treatment, flood and coastal erosion issues risk being sidelined within economic regulation and water sector reform, missing the opportunity to realise benefits from integrated water management.

3.32    The Committee also highlighted that there is no mention in the Green Paper of the role of local authorities, either as Lead Local Flood Authorities, SuDS Approval Bodies (SABs) or Local Planning Authorities, which is a weakness in recognising their role in flood risk management and managing new development.

3.33    The Committee welcomed the proposal to incorporate public health outcomes and nature-based solutions into future water legislation, highlighting the benefit this can have to approaching flood risk management.

Work Theme 12 – Guidance for Section 19 Flood Investigation Reports

3.34    Section 19 flood investigations help local authorities to understand the full impacts of flooding events, and can inform improvements to manage risk in a community, including new measures to reduce the likelihood of further flooding.

3.35    This work has been led by the Committee’s Section 19 Sub-Committee, which provided its Phase One Report in March 2026.  This Report set out the pathway for addressing the approach to be taken on Section 19 Reporting.

3.36    The Committee will be taking forward the recommendations from the Sub-Committee’s report, in conjunction with the WLGA and the Regional Flood Groups.

Committee Members’ Feedback

3.37    Annual appraisals of Committee Members are undertaken each year. In 2026, given there was a new Chair and a number of the Members were standing down from the Committee, the opportunity was taken to use the meetings to receive feedback from Members on their experience of the Committee and feedback on future priorities of the Committee.

3.38    Attendance at both the main Committee and the four Sub-Committees continued to be high across the year, at 86% and 78% respectively.  In addition, the Workforce Task and Finish Group, which met monthly between May and August, also recorded high attendance.

3.39    There was a strong opinion expressed of serving on the Committee as a positive experience and those that were standing down expressed that they would miss their involvement with the Committee. The Committee has an inclusive culture, with a varied membership which gave it strength in its ability to deliver and perform.

3.40    All members reflected on the high level of work involved, particularly through the Sub-Committees and the time these demanded. The Sub-Committees were seen as positive and an effective way of delivering specific outputs and building team ethos amongst members through working in the smaller groups. There was reflection that the Sub-Committees with specific actions worked best, and there was a risk that some Sub-Committees were becoming long-term open-ended forums. Everyone reflected that task and finish approaches to Sub-Committees would work better.

3.41    There was a view expressed that the Committee should focus on its core remit of providing advice. To aid this, it was suggested more time for structured discussion, following presentations, should be accommodated during meetings.

4.1    2026 is a time for review for the Committee, with a new Chair, a new Senedd term commencing following elections in May and a number of the Committee members reaching their maximum terms of service in March 2026.

4.2    During 2026 there will be a review of the membership composition to ensure that the Committee has the right skills and interests to meet its future agenda. Until this is completed, the Committee will be operating on a reduced scale, with six members plus the Chair.

4.3    There will be an interim review of the Committee’s Work Programme to reflect the reduced number of members in July 2026, and this will be revisited once the direction of the Welsh Government post-elections is known and the Committee membership review has been completed.

4.4    The Committee will continue the work of the Section 19 Sub-Committee and follow-up from the Phase 1 Report agreed in March 2026, with a view to issuing templates and advice for Section 19 reporting by the summer of 2027.

4.5    The Law Commission have appointed a new post of Special Counsel for Wales and have expressed that they are keen for that post to engage with the Committee. A first meeting has taken place between the Special Counsel and the FCEC Chair, with agreement for future meetings.

(References to “Regulations” refer to the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee for Wales Regulations 2017 [GOV.UK]). 

Purpose

1.    The Committee has been established by the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, Section 81. Its purpose is to advise the Welsh Ministers on matters relating to flood and coastal erosion risk management. 

Scope (regulation 8)

2.    The scope of the Committee is to advise on any matters relating to flood and coastal erosion risk management. 

Membership (regulations 3-5) 

3.    The Committee shall be made up of a Chair and up to 14 Committee members who are either an expert on matters deemed relevant by Welsh Ministers, or a nominated representative of an organisation associated with flood and coastal erosion risk management. 

Duties (regulation 9) 

4.    The Committee must advise the Welsh Ministers on: 

i.    The management of risk from all sources of flooding and coastal erosion; 
ii.    Wider resilience and emergency issues from a flood risk management perspective; 
iii.    The National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management; and 
iv.    Work being carried out by flood and coastal erosion risk management organisations. 
Powers 

5.    The Committee may: 

i.    Establish its own programme of advisory work on flood and coastal erosion risk management in Wales (regulation 10); 
ii.    Advise Welsh risk management authorities on the management of risk from all sources of flooding and coastal erosion (regulation 10); 
iii.    Advise Welsh risk management authorities on wider resilience and emergency issues from a flood risk management perspective (regulation 10); 
iv.    Advise Welsh risk management authorities on the National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (regulation 10); 
v.    Enter into agreements with other bodies, subject to the approval of the Welsh Ministers (regulation 10); 
vi.    Appoint members of the Committee as its representatives on other fora or committees. 

Meetings (regulation 11) 

6.    Meetings shall be held at intervals of no more than 6 months.
7.    The Committee is a public body within the meaning of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960. Accordingly meetings of the Committee will be open to the public [Environment (Wales) Act 2016, Section 81 (3) and Schedule 2 Part 4]. 

Reports (regulation 12) 

8.    The Committee must submit a report to the Welsh Ministers on the exercise and performance of its functions for each period of 12 months, following the appointment of members to the Committee. 

Procedure (regulation 13) 

9.    The Committee may regulate its own procedure, including making provision in relation to the quorum for its meetings (subject to the approval of the Welsh Ministers), and its voting procedure. 

Sub-Committees (regulation 14) 

10.    The Committee may establish Sub-Committees by majority vote, to meet on the direction of the Committee. The Committee may regulate the procedure of any Sub-Committee, including its quorum and voting procedure. The terms of reference of a Sub-Committee are subject to the approval of the Welsh Ministers. 

Communications & Working with others 

11.    Requests for interviews should be sent to the Minister for Environment in the first instance via the Secretariat. If the Minister is unavailable, the Chair may be asked to speak on behalf of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee. 

Programme of work

12.    The annual programme of work will be agreed with Welsh Ministers to ensure it includes current priorities.

The Chair is entitled to remuneration on a per-day basis. Other Members of the Committee are not entitled to remuneration, but, as with the Chair, they are entitled to claim for travel and subsistence expenses. Expenditure under these headings is set out below at current prices.