Sarah Louise Roberts died during a trip to the beach on Monday

Sarah Louise Roberts was swept out to sea, while playing at Newborough, a beach which has no lifeguard.

Anglesey council is reviewing safety but said its beaches were not considered dangerous.

MP Albert Owen and AM Ieuan Wyn Jones backed the call for lifeguards on every popular beach in Wales.

An inquest on Sarah, from Caernarfon, was opened and adjourned on Tuesday. She had been on the beach at Llanddwyn island, off Newborough, with her foster family on Monday afternoon.

Sarah went into the water to play with four other children but it is believed she swam off and was then swept out to sea by the tide.

Her foster parents raised the alarm at about 1545 BST and a major rescue operation got under way.

We need to see lifeguards here if we want to sell Wales as a tourist destination for beach lovers MP Albert Owen

It was two hours before she was spotted half a mile out to sea by a helicopter from RAF Valley in Anglesey. She was pronounced dead at hospital soon after. Her funeral took place in Caernarfon on Thursday.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa) said it was rare for someone to drown on a beach where lifeguards were employed.

Rospa's head of water and leisure safety Peter Cornall, said: "We want to see popular beaches, where lots of go, properly supervised so that visitors can rely on good safety provision.

Anglesey Council said Llanddwyn beach is relatively safe

"But we also would like to see some clarity as to whether there's a legal responsibility for beaches to be life guarded or not.

"Some authorities around the UK are taking lifeguards off, where other authorities are putting lifeguards on. So we need some clarity and a steer from government"

Labour MP Mr Owen said the tragedy in his constituency highlighted the need to consider employing lifeguards on all beaches in Wales.

"We need to see lifeguards here if we want to sell Wales as a tourist destination for beach lovers," he said.

Ieuan Wyn Jones, leader of Plaid Cymru in the Welsh assembly, asked the assembly government to ensure councils could afford to employ lifeguards on popular family beaches.

Ynys Mon (Anglesey) council said in a statement said: "Llanddwyn is generally regarded as a safe bathing beach but strong currents do exist at the mouth of the Menai Straits.

"These occur a long way off shore from the beach areas. For these reasons the council has not considered there to be a need for lifeguards to be employed on the island's beaches.