A few days ago in the Welsh Parliament there was a discussion entitled “Debate on petition P-06-1367, ‘Fund the removal of quarry rocks and the restoration of sand and groynes to Llandudno North Shore'” and one of the people who spoke was Julie James who is the Labour Senedd MS. She raised several comments but one of them included a focus on Brighton. Here is the location of the discussion that Julie stated about Brighton.

I have to say, the tourist point here is an interesting one. I’m very familiar with Llandudno. We go there every year, and have done for years. I’ve swam off the coast many times. I love a cold-water swim, and it’s very nice to do that there. I also went to university in Brighton, which famously has a shingle beach. It’s loved. I do think that just talking it down is not a good look. It’s a beautiful beach; the promenade is glorious. It is a lovely walk; it’s a nice place to swim. But the point here really is that this is a flood protection programme, and it’s important that we protect people from flooding with it. The amenity value is not something that a cost-effective flood defence programme can possibly be taking into account. You can have, of course—