, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Tom, you wanted to come in, as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Matthew, did you want to come in? And then Tom.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
But there's no in-principle opposition to Ministers having expanded powers to create charging schemes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Who wants to pick up on this, first of all? Trunk road charging. Ian.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you for that. There's more that we could ask, but I think that we need to move on because there are other significant areas in the Bill, and Joyce is going to take us through one of them.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you. I'm mindful of time, because there are another two considerable areas that we wish to cover. Matthew, if you want to just come in on this finally.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
There are four, I think, in total.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
That's interesting. Thank you very much for that. I think we'll move on, then, to smoke control, if that's okay. I'm just wondering what your views are on the change from criminal to civil sanctions for smoke control areas, and whether that shift in relation…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
I think Tom wanted to come in, or at least was about to before Steve spoke.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Can I just throw one other thing at you, maybe, before we move on to the next area? It's something that was suggested in an earlier session today by some other witnesses. They were suggesting that there's a need for a local air quality strategy or plan…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
That was a point I was going to make, because clearly you don't hold all the levers, do you, so how can you be accountable to a compliant state when much of it is out of your control?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
So, you're not maybe at the moment clear on the scale of the intervention expected of yourselves, because that would dictate the timescale, wouldn't it, for coming to that agreement.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Any view on the actions and standards, and to agree a date with the Minister? I mean there's a potential there for conflict, I'd imagine, is there? Tom.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Yes, okay. There we are. Thank you very much. Janet, was there anything else that you wanted to raise under this section?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Yes.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Excellent. Thank you, Ian. Steven.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Ian had his hand up anyway, so I don't know, Ian, if you want to address that, then we might come to Steve, and then I think we'll need to move on because the clock is ticking.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Joyce, you wanted to come in with a brief point, and then I'll come to Ian.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Sorry, Janet, but before we go on, I just want to bring Matthew in to say a little bit about this. Obviously, the challenge in terms of resourcing and skills availability will be different depending on your local authority context. I'm just interested to know…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Tom wanted to come in, and I'm sure Matthew might have a view on resource as well.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay. So, Ian first of all, and then Tom.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay. So, who wants to give us a view on local air quality management as is, and to what extent will it be improved? Steve, do you want to go first?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Excellent. Okay. Thank you, all, for that. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you. Steve, do you want to come in on this, and then we'll move on?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Yes, okay. Thank you very much. I think, actually, that Janet wants to take us, now, into local air quality management. Sorry, Jenny just wants to come in on something first.
