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Topical Questions
… get that service restored so that it can continue in perpetuity into the future. With regard to your 20 mph policy, one of the things that I remember raising in the Senedd at the time, when we had … why don't you just change the law to make it easier for local authorities to introduce a 20 mph limit without the onerous traffic regulation order process?' That was an option that you could have delivered, but …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… you. With regard to the first question around a statement in relation to bus services and the default 20 mph scheme, I think it's fair to say that the majority of buses probably didn't travel much … faster than 20 mph. And, certainly, in my own constituency, where I've received concerns about that, I think it's fair to say that, perhaps, that is being looked at in a way that perhaps isn …
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Questions to the First Minister
… this afternoon in the Senedd, Llywydd. Both candidates have pledged a review of the implementation of the new 20 mph limits. It came as a bit of a surprise to me, given that Plaid Cymru put forward … ago calling for that review—an amendment that was passed with Government support. Now, my position is that 20 mph works well in most places. We've supported the principle. It was brought in by Labour, but …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… that it is not a blanket policy. As I've understood it, he himself is in favour of 20 mph zones in certain circumstances. I've seen him with placards demanding 20 mph zones outside schools, outside hospitals …
, Petitions Committee
Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Yr Athro Cristina Leston-Bandeira
… Commons, but not the Senedd. I have to say that all of this research was done before the 20 mph petition, though. The 20 mph limit might have changed, slightly, perceptions. So, there was not so much awareness …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… lot of councils have already been contacted about reversing the 20 mph, and some of those reversals back to 30 mph have actually been agreed. So, I know that. I don't know if it applies to this …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… the world, and, indeed, in many places in England where his party is in charge and where 20 mph zones have been introduced. We believe that, over 10 years, 100 lives could be saved—lives particularly amongst children … emerging: over 10 per cent of roads in one local authority are exempt from the default setting of 20 mph; in another local authority, it's less than 0.5 per cent. There is variety in the way …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… the range of things that are coming out of the Welsh Government at the moment, not just the 20 mph, which I think is what's caused it, but other issues as well. So, it is the 20 …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
… for certain things at the cost of others. I have to mention the concerns around the cost of 20 mph zones and that is not a people's choice. Four hundred and sixty thousand people told you that … that Welsh Government's put the councils in these positions, who will foot the bill for reverting specific 20 mph roads back to 30 mph? Is it the local authorities? And, if so, what funding is the Welsh …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The 20 mph Speed Limit: Scrutiny session with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… much in the time available. So, we're on the movement to a default assumption that it's 20 mph unless you see a sign saying 30 mph. In the meantime, there are still some old twenties … from the 20 mph zone period. We didn't think it made sense to pull them down immediately, so we've given authorities time to do that. Similarly, where there are signs on the road that have been …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The 20 mph Speed Limit: Scrutiny session with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… the driver, then, that if there are residential properties, if there are streetlights, then you are doing 20 mph. What monitoring are you going to do, Deputy Minister, on the spend, the money you've provided to local … local authority? Because, so far, we've seen a lot of 30 mph signs removed and no 20 mph ones go up. Some twenties have, but they've removed more than they've taken down …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The 20 mph Speed Limit: Scrutiny session with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… think there's an opportunity here to build—. I always saw—I think we all saw—20 mph as an enabler; it's not an end in itself. It changes the default, it changes what is expected … think that's exactly what the next steps are, really, and to build on the foundation that 20 mph gives to Wales …
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
… week speaking to voters, and they are up in arms, quite frankly, about the Welsh Government's default 20 mph speed limit. I do think that we need more investment in public transport—that's very clear—but … been behind them every single step of the way. Whatever they may spin to their rural voters on 20 mph or anything else, when they arrive here in Cardiff Bay, their attitude all of a sudden becomes very …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… bus driver shortages, and they’ve taken the opportunity of both the change in bus funding and the 20 mph to recalibrate their timetables to create more resilient services that are reliable, because they can be confident they … can staff them. There is some evidence to show that 20 mph in some areas is impacting journey times, but the picture is incomplete and we’re committed to work with the bus industry to understand it better …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… that's the consequence of her approach and she needs to own that. In terms of the 20 mph speed limit, it's been just over a month now since it was brought in, and it will take … the experience we're having. Average speeds are down. Most people are complying. They're not sticking to 20 mph, but the number of people driving over 30 mph has dramatically fallen, and that brings the big road …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… put out by the leader of the opposition, and he has kept repeating that it is a blanket 20 mph. But not satisfied with just saying, 'It's a blanket 20 mph' which it isn …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… driver, became darker and smaller forever. Can we say for certain that, if the speed limit had been 20 mph on that stretch of Blaenau Road that night, my cousin would have been alive today? No. But … debate, I went on a personal pilgrimage yesterday, to the spot where Malcolm died. I saw the new 20 mph sign 100 yd or so away. It had already been daubed with paint. And I thought to myself …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… point forward—spreading misinformation, which distorts the debate, trying to pretend that all roads are going to be 20 mph. And I've had e-mails telling me that, and I believe that comes from the misinformation that … policy, Llywydd—it's right for road safety, it's right to have more of our roads at 20 mph than was previously the case under the old default 30 mph system, and, today, it's right that …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
… should be run, because the reason people have signed this petition is not just because of the default 20 mph policy; it's because they know that this Labour Government and this Minister are pursuing a wider war … the job title. And thanks to his war on motorists, he completely failed to do that. Default 20 mph speed limits, a ban on road building, cancelling the M4 relief road project, plans for road charges, potential ULEZ …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… like to request a statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change on the devastating impacts of the 20 mph law on bus services in Wales. I've had a letter from Arriva and they've written with … look again at their fleet; what to have to do with the network. Because of the introduction of 20 mph, we're seeing that long-distance and intra-urban services have been severely impacted, there are large reductions …