26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
But what about the cars that are on our roads now, the EVs?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
There's a theory, and it's a proven theory, actually, that electric cars are harder wearing on road surfaces. Have you taken that into account with any new—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
What volume of responses have you had?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Can you outline the engagement process that will be followed, particularly how you will ensure that the residents living in those areas subject to speed limits are fully engaged?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I've just seen that there's been a lot of rah-rah about the reduced number of accidents, but, you know, the reality—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
So, how are we getting so many higher serious injuries? A question to you on—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Can you comment on the trend in road accident data overall, for all speed limits? For example, while total fatalities has decreased slightly in 2023 compared to 2022, the number of serious injuries has increased by 99 to 891. How do you rationalise this?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes. Two observations I have are—I'm having lots of people asking me now—there was the cost of implementing it; who's going to pick up the cost for putting it back, any roads that need to go back to 30 mph? And also, in terms of where there is this dispute…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Okay. Two observations I have—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes. So that we can have consistency across Wales. Now, that will end in July, the process of listening to the public, the public being able to make suggestions on specific routes, and the work that we've conducted with local authorities and the County…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It is about confidence, yes.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Okay. You've just said the magic word there: ‘guidance’. Now, if you look across Wales, there's a very inconsistent approach. Right from day one, I said to the previous Deputy Minister, I said where I think this is all falling apart is that some local…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Diolch, Chair. Good morning—well, yes, we are still morning. Good morning, Cabinet Secretary and team. After your comments in Plenary on 17 April, it's fair to say media coverage reported the 20 mph policy was being reversed. Can you clarify for the record…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
Sorry to interrupt you. I think we're all just keen to see that governance body in place. Why waste resources, in a way, setting up another thing, if we've got the interim assessor? Go straight in, get that legislation sorted. We've been calling for it…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
Yes, it is.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
Thank you. The other UK environmental governance bodies, the Office for Environmental Protection and Environmental Standards Scotland, were initially set up as shadow bodies in preparation for their statutory powers. This committee recommended the same for…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
And for schools as well.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
So, if I was to ask you a question now—. In terms of our health boards, for instance, how are they looking to, like we've done here in the Senedd Commission, in terms of sourcing local produce and sustainable food rather than huge carbon, bringing in food—?…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
But how are they applying it in their everyday work, if you like?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
What about, say, like health? We need sustainability in our health boards and things.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
Thank you. How are you working with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice, and other members of your Cabinet, to ensure that sustainable development is embedded across all portfolios?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
Okay.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
And then the final one on this: can you provide an update on the governance arrangements for implementing a national forest? When will you achieve the connected network of high-quality woodlands running throughout Wales?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
How can we see evidence of that, then?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd a Materion Gwledig
Is it published?
