Children would be banned from using sunbeds in Wales under new laws to be proposed by the assembly government.
Unstaffed sunbed salons will also be banned under regulations planned by Wales' Health Minister Edwina Hart.
It follows the case of a 10-year-old girl from Port Talbot who suffered burns after spending 16 minutes on an sunbed at an unsupervised salon.
But the sunbed industry has resisted calls for further regulations to control salons.
Ms Hart is expected to tell the assembly health committee the issue of unstaffed sunbed salons in Wales is a public health problem.
She said all ways to introduce new legislation were being considered including a request to Westminster to draft laws controlling the salons. read more
