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Questions to the First Minister
… all petitions should be taken seriously, and that is exactly how the different petitions in relation to the 20 mph zones will be viewed by this Government. The process is the one set out by the Llywydd. The … seriously and will view these petitions in that light. At the heart of the case for moving to 20 mph speed limits as a default in built-up residential areas is road safety. This is a measure that …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The health budget
… place—not my figures, but theirs—or the decision last week to invest £33 million in a default 20 mph scheme that will negatively affect our economy to the tune of at least £4.5 billion or more over … fact is that the people of Wales don't want more politicians, they don't want a blanket 20 mph scheme and they don't want UBI or other ill-thought-out initiatives. What they want …
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you for that answer, Minister. This week, Labour's money-making blanket 20 mph speed limit scheme has come into force, and the public's concerns firmly remain, with nearly 270,000 people signing a petition … They have been looking into the extra costs they face as a result of this Government's unwanted 20 mph …
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Questions to the First Minister
… this week, with over 162,000 people and counting registering their opposition to the Welsh Labour Government's 20 mph scheme. One of the reasons people will be opposing this scheme is because of the cost to our … will you commit, as the 160,000 plus-strong petition asks you to and rescind your disastrous 20 mph scheme …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… that two thirds of people in Wales are against the introduction of this default speed limit down to 20 mph, and we even heard more loudly from people where this has been trialled out in recent years how … everyone in this Chamber to join the Welsh Conservatives, show some common sense, and vote against the default 20 mph …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… enjoy the luxury of modern motorways, lots of dual carriageways and high-speed road links. So, the blanket 20 mph approach will be implemented on many straight, clear roads that do not have schools, hospitals or care homes … battle the constant negative press from national media rags, and many people in my constituency feel that this 20 mph policy will compound this is issue and make life more difficult for those wishing to get from …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… believe that it would have been better to do this differently—to create 20 mph zones rather than changing 30 mph to 20 mph and then inviting exemptions. But that is not what the Labour Government decided …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… been driving in France recently, in towns and cities there, and the limit is actually lower than 20 mph, I think it's 18.5 mph or 30 kph. The difference is that that is in more limited and … has to be Government's duty to understand and reflect on people's concerns about the appropriateness of 20 mph in places where there are fewer people, fewer houses—village edges, link roads and …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… poll that showed that 66 per cent of people in Wales—two thirds—opposed Labour’s barmy blanket 20 mph scheme. But with his usual flippant attitude, the Deputy Minister dismissed the poll as an outlier, just … use existing roads, extensions to the restrictions in speed, as we heard from Natasha, or today’s blanket 20 mph scheme, there’s no doubt that the Welsh Labour Government is waging war on motorists. And people experiencing …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… the policy on the understanding that those roads that should remain at 30 mph would not change to 20 mph, but what we’re seeing, unfortunately, is many local councils introducing these new speed limits in inappropriate places … authorities don’t just decide to take the easy, quick, possibly unpopular and inappropriate option in making everywhere 20 mph, never mind local circumstances. So, I’d like to hear more about what the Government is doing …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… made not only this evening, but in recent days and weeks. There are problems with how the new 20 mph limits are being rolled out. I agree with that. There are many people in Wales who are angry … being truthful with the public is important. This is not a blanket ban. There are exemptions to the 20 mph changes, arguably not enough. I think communities should be supported in seeking further changes where these limits don …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
… colleague Darren Millar. In just a few days' time, this Labour Government's ludicrous blanket roll-out of 20 mph speed limits is set to come into force here in Wales. Today is really the last-chance saloon … and send a message to the Deputy Minister for Climate Change that we do not want a blanket 20 mph speed limit here in Wales. I have absolutely no doubt the number of people up in arms will …
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… noted there that the police have worked closely with the team in the Welsh Government to deliver the 20 mph implementation, and, as I said in response to the first question, the emergency services were part of the … repeated several times yesterday in the Senedd by the First Minister and Deputy Minister—that the new 20 mph speed limit is not a blanket limit? What's important, in terms of the new default limit …
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… people in Wales, drafting in our fire and rescue crews across the country to help enforce your blanket 20 mph scheme will seem like a barmy idea. But I note that the Fire Brigades Union had to clarify … more fire and rescue service personnel across Wales, I can only therefore assume that this increased work in 20 mph enforcement will lead to fewer educational and engagement sessions being carried out by the fire service, putting the …
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
… first question is really about that ongoing engagement that you expect to have with those local authorities regarding 20 mph, and how you think that engagement may look, and how you’re going to be able to sustain … research, that research from Cambridge University and Queen’s University Belfast has shown that after a year of 20 mph being implemented in Belfast, traffic speeds fell by 0.2 mph. So, clearly, compliance may be an issue …
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Questions to the First Minister
… back after the summer recess? The Welsh Government is bringing forward one of its most contentious policies—the 20 mph default speed limit. That is within your manifesto, First Minister—I accept that—and it's within the … within this Chamber. But, clearly, there are many people who have strong reservations about the impact of this 20 mph default speed limit. What assessment will the Government commit to making, when this speed limit comes …
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Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'
… just quote one statistic to this Senedd: in the distance it takes for a car travelling at 20 mph to stop, a car travelling at 30 mph will still be moving at 24 mph in the same distance … five times more likely to be killed if they're hit at 30 mph than they are at 20 mph. The evidence on road safety is unarguable. There's been a mix of cherry-picked reports quoted …
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Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'
… there's overwhelming support in an urban place like Cardiff for increasing road safety by having a default 20 mph on most residential roads. Frankly, not many people are travelling more than 20 mph because that's the …
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Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'
… correspondence from constituents, and people who are not our constituents in Wales, about the prospect of a default 20 mph speed limit, and in those e-mails will be thousands of reasons as to why this shouldn … will condense it down in the short amount of time that I will take, Llywydd, down to 20—20 mph, 20 reasons. First of all, the public don’t want it. As we heard from the Chair …
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Debate on petition P-06-1340, 'Stop the change of speed limits to 20mph on 17th September'
… that concerns, clearly, tens of thousands of people in Wales. Because, as we know, this default change to 20 mph will be one of the most significant visual changes that has happened in the period of devolution … per cent of the respondents—so, 97 per cent of people who'd had this experience of this 20 mph across the whole area—said that the trial had been a failure and they wanted it ditched. Residents …