Welsh Labour

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

1,355 speeches and questions

22 June 2021Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Well, I think quite a number of the points that Altaf Hussain mentioned were actually addressed in my statement, so I'll just give him a chance to reflect on that, and if he has further questions I'm happy to answer them. On the specific question of the…
22 June 2021Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Thank you. Yes, of course, I'd be happy to meet, and that's an interesting example of where a bypass was built, what, 10 years ago now—I remember going to the opening ceremony—where that has created a set of solutions, but simply adds pressure further down…
22 June 2021Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Thank you for the comments, and I would hope that there's a great deal of common ground between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru on this issue. I note during the election campaign we were criticised for not being bold enough, not moving fast enough on…
22 June 2021Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Well, I just flatly disagree with that analysis of the problem. Natasha Asghar has set out the traditional predict-and-provide approach to road building: traffic is predicted to increase, therefore we will increase the supply of roads. We've pursued that…
22 June 2021Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: Roads review
Diolch, Llywydd. The world's scientists are telling us in very clear terms that we urgently need to cut our greenhouse gas emissions. Since 1990, Welsh emissions have fallen by 31 per cent, but to reach our statutory target of net zero by 2050 we need to do…