, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thank you very much. In which case, if we could move on to another section, then, Heledd, I think you're going to take us into modal shift.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Carolyn.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Okay, thanks.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Scott, did you want to come in on this? And, Carolyn, just to forewarn you, as I think you’d indicated previously you wanted to come in. But, Scott, anything you want to add at this moment?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Carolyn, do you mind? We might return to some of these matters subsequently. It made sense to go ahead there—to leap ahead to your questions—but I wonder if we can just go slightly backwards, because I think that we can delve into these in some more detail in…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Okay, brilliant. Look, what I'm going to do is, we're going to come back and delve into some of those related issues in a moment, but I'm going to go on to Carolyn now. Now, Carolyn, you had your hand up anyway, so please go ahead with whatever you wanted to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Scott, just back to you for any further comments you want to add, but Aaron has just thrown a figure at us, quite helpfully, of £5 million to £10 million. Is that in the ballpark?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Anything you want to add to that? I wonder if you want to touch—and I'll come back to you, Scott—on what the Minister has described as the transitional period, the fact that he's found some money to extend this period, so that we can have those discussions…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thanks, Carolyn. Very helpful indeed there. Could I just ask you, can you let us into the trade secrets here? How are the discussions going with Welsh Government, specifically on the bus emergency scheme funding? Is it, as you described, Scott, that that is…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Thank you very much, Delyth. You covered a lot of ground, the two of you there, in your opening remarks. Sorry—it was remiss of me not to welcome Heledd Fychan and Carolyn Thomas to our committee this afternoon. Carolyn, you'd like to come in on this.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Sustainability of Welsh Bus Services - evidence session with bus operators
Wel, croeso nôl, pawb. Welcome back to this afternoon's session of our committee. We've had two evidence sessions this morning on a different area, but, this afternoon, we are focusing very much on sustainability of Welsh bus services. And we begin this…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Excellent. Thank you very much indeed. We have run out of time now, but I just want to thank our three witnesses for their evidence today. It really has been illuminating. If there is anything else that the three of you want to send to us, subsequent to this…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you, Stephen. Final words, Rosie.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
On the back of Delyth's question, I'm just going to offer the opportunity to Stephen and then Rosie of any final comments, either in response to Delyth's question or anything else you think that we might have missed or you think is important. Stephen.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Peter.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Really fascinating. We’ve covered all the substantive areas I think that we need to, but before we finish, can I just check with my committee colleagues: is there anything you want to ask further, investigate further, or are you happy, before we leave our…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Peter, go ahead.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
I'm familiar, from a very different area that I used to be involved with, with the concept of perceptual carrying capacity, which can vary from individual to individual. So, my idea of how many people are welcome on a mountain when I'm walking is zero; for…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Go on, Peter. Yes, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thanks, Janet. Are you content with that? It seems to me this, more than anything, stresses the need for that advisory group to work through some of this detail and both the evidence base that's needed, but also to engage with some of those concerns that have…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Peter.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you, Delyth. We've touched a little bit on planning, but we're going to delve a lot deeper now. Janet, over to you now.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Fascinating. Delyth, come on—take us on again.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
That's great. Stephen, and then we'll come back to you, Delyth. Stephen.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Peter, go ahead.
