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A plug for Barry.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Leti.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Tom, then Leti.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Alun.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Diolch yn fawr. Thank you. Leti, did you have something about Cardiff—connecting to Cardiff airport?
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Shav.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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You can indeed. That's fine. I'm going to hand over to Kiera.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Personally, I think that's something, because Shrewsbury is a key infrastructure on the route. Linking on, therefore, there is an odd thing that's been raised a few times also, which is concessionary passes—hugely popular throughout Wales. From Shrewsbury…
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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In terms of lobbying, that's quite important, because it links into the next thing I want to ask you. Is that something we should be doing as a committee, then, because if that's an issue—or add our voice to any lobbying?
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Janet has to leave the meeting. Thank you for that. Moving forward to rail services, as they say in Welsh, 'Pawb a'i fys ble mae'i ddolur.' I don't know how you'd translate that, but that's another thing. We've heard a lot about the Valleys lines. The…
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Leti, did you want to come in?
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Thank you. I'm sure we'll take that on board. We'll discuss it later, but I'm sure it would be the sort of thing we could have a consensus on, hopefully. Alun, did you want to come in?
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Can we move on to railways, because that's a huge field of responsibility also? Perhaps we'll deal with the strategic element of railways first, rather than the second part, on actual services and things. We've got the Railways Bill at…
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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No doubt this will be an issue we'll come back to over the coming months, I think.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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We'll let the Minister respond.
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Tom.
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Okay. Kiera.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Thank you. Tom, did you want to come in on that point?
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Yes, exactly. Can I bring Alun in, and then Kiera?
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Thank you. And no doubt we'll keep you under scrutiny.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Thank you. Diolch yn fawr. Obviously, those are big projects, big announcements and are very important strategically. In the meanwhile, we've still got a large road network that needs upgrading and—well, basically, it needs to be up to standard…
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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Diolch. Tom.
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Shav and then Tom.
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Can I bring in Janet—a north Wales Member, of course—who is online? Janet.
7 Hydref 2026 , Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
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And in terms of funding, especially the Menai proposal—. Obviously it's a new road, linking into Ireland. In terms of its wider impact, and just the immediate economy, and in terms of funding, will all those options be considered and discussions pursued to…
