The deteriorating Old Colwyn Flood Defences have been a topic recently.

Clwyd West AM, Darren Millar, and Conwy County Borough Councillors (CCBC) have called on the Welsh Government to step in and help with the matter as the flood defences reach crisis point.

Now David Jones, Clwyd West MP, has raised his concerns on the Old Colwyn Flood Defences.

At the St David's Day debate in the House of Commons last week he said: "In Old Colwyn, we have a significant problem of crumbling sea defences. In February last year, the promenade there was badly affected by high seas.

"It has now been repaired, with contributions from Welsh Water, but the engineers tell us that the sea defences are now in such a parlous condition that they are in danger of being swept away into the sea.

"This is more than an issue of the promenade at Old Colwyn, because the sea defences at Old Colwyn also protect the main sewer for Colwyn bay, the main London to Holyhead railway line and the A55 main trunk road to Holyhead.

"If these sea defences are compromised to the extent that they are destroyed, there would be an immediate and serious environmental incident in the Irish sea, there would be the potential loss of that important rail connection between London and Holyhead, and the A55 would be closed, too."

He added the cost to repair the area was estimated at about £37 million but the issue was now who pays for it.

Mr Jones said: "I have been in correspondence with the responsible Welsh Government minister, who has said that, although coastal defences are a devolved competence, the Welsh Government will not contribute to the cost of repair if the defences do not protect houses or dwellings.

"Welsh Water has spoken optimistically about a contribution but, of course, it requires others to contribute, too. Network Rail has very few funds available to contribute to the repair.

"Conwy County Borough Council, the responsible local authority, has no capital-raising powers, so it cannot pay for the repairs, either.

"We remember what happened in Dawlish five years ago, when the railway line was swept into the sea, and the chaos it caused on the south-west peninsula.

"As we speak, the whole north-west Wales economy is in danger of being affected by a serious incident in Old Colwyn.

"I ask Ministers to give consideration to that and to seek to work with the Welsh Assembly Government, and with all the other interested parties, to try to get these defences repaired."