26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It's in the thousands. I believe one authority might have had in excess of 1,000 just in its own right. So, it has resulted in quite a huge volume of responses. If this was a public consultation, we would consider it a major success with that number. So…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Well, to the local authorities, is it 7,000 we've had so far?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Well, there's been a huge engagement programme. The listening exercise that's been undertaken has resulted in a very significant number of responses from the public. As I've already outlined, we've also engaged town and community councils. We've engaged…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
And that's where you've got a lot of people who are in close proximity to moving vehicles, motorised vehicles, and that's what the policy is going to protect, yes.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It's a really, really good question, and, actually, I think what we're doing with the policy will actually enhance it, in terms of making sure that it's socially just. I've just talked about Caia Park as an example. What is quite clear from all of the…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Tough Chair. [Laughter.]
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
And to use hyperlocal as an example—. Just to adopt an example, because a number of us will be familiar with Wrexham, if you look at Wrexham, and, say, Caia Park, I couldn't imagine, within Caia Park, seeing 30 mph routes reinstated, because it's a very, very…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
And what's striking is that—. We're in a period now when many of us are on the doorstep a lot of the time, and what's really striking is that people identify the same routes time and time again. So, actually, it might not be so much that people are expecting…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes. I'll bring in Peter in a moment, but just to that direct point, it really does vary quite incredibly, not just from one local authority to another, but also at a hyperlocal level as well.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It depends on the area.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I'll bring in Peter, but before I do, I should just say, I would love to be able to speculate all day on how many roads there are. [Laughter.] Because it's not for me to say, it's for local authorities. I think it would be improper for me to speculate, and I…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes, that's right.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It works both ways.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes, and that was why, Chair, I was keen not to make a major issue of the stats, because, from quarter to quarter, there will be fluctuations, and I think the key thing is that we recognise that we have to look at the long-term trend.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It could be down to a number of factors. I'll identify one, perhaps. At the time of the year, when Easter comes or autumn half-term comes, if there's an early Easter that happens before the clocks change, then the Easter holidays are during a period when it's…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Sorry. I was just going to say, the long-term trend, though, is in the way that we would wish it to be—it's going down in terms of the number of collisions. And there are huge advances being made in terms of vehicle technology and safety as well.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Overall.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
So, this is my point, actually, that figures do fluctuate, and it's for a number of factors. I think, overall, though, 2023 to 2022, there was a reduction, wasn't there?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
No. We welcome the data, but I would place a strong caveat on the fact that this is the first point at which we've been able to ascertain the beneficial impact of the policy, and data does fluctuate. So, this is a snapshot. I think what we need to do is look…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I did not contact any media outlets about their reporting, and I don't do that as standard practice. I find it actually quite offensive when people try to interfere with reporters. As a former reporter, I didn't like it when I was in that position, and I…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
That's a really good point, and that has very much been a focus of our attention.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
We've been trying to do that by creating not just a Welsh Government e-mail address, but we're also able to signpost people to the 22 local authorities as well, to their dedicated e-mails for making comment. So, we're trying to do that to make sure that we've…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Sorry, just really one important point I must raise as well is that we've asked town and community councils across Wales to make their views heard as well to the local authorities, and they are perhaps best placed of all to engage with people within their…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I'll bring Peter in on the criteria, because there are some really important changes that are being made.
