, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
… Parliament who's regularly been in favour of the comprehensive default approach to speed limits there where 20 mph is the norm, I think Penny Mordaunt might find that she's quite happy with that there. And …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, it's been several months now since the introduction of the 20 mph blanket speed limit, a measure forced on the Welsh public. [Interruption.] It caused outrage right across the board. Nearly 0.5 million people were motivated …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
There is no blanket speed limit in place. Our regulatory impact assessment of the 20 mph default estimates wider economic benefits due to improved road safety of £1.4 billion, environmental and health benefits from more active travel …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
… What assessment has the Minister made of the expected impact of the blanket 20mph speed limit on the Welsh economy? OQ60476
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
… year-on-year cuts to their budgets, yet, what do we see from this Government? More politicians, 20 mph blanket speed limits, gender self-ID and a tourism tax. And to add insult to injury, you sent millions …
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
… Denbigh and then, indeed, Denbigh to Rhyl, has been axed by Arriva Buses Wales because of the 20 mph policy. They're not my words, they're the words of Arriva Buses Wales who have cut the services …
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
… Labour and Plaid Cymru will cause direct harm to the fabric of our nation, just like the blanket 20 mph restrictions, and, I tell you what, this budget will be rejected by the voters. I personally wish there …
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
… politics, its deal with Plaid or its pet projects. Just look at the incredibly expensive and economically damaging 20 mph policy in Wales, a prime example of putting politics over practicality, or the ill-thought-out universal basic …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… that Arriva buses has given to local people is that that's because of the fact that the 20 mph speed limit change has added to the length of the journey that that bus needs to make, and …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… that the Welsh Government is simultaneously cutting education budgets whilst wasting millions and millions on vanity schemes like 20 mph speed limits and more politicians …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… that it was Government policy, because I said the very first time I was asked a question about 20 mph policy that, of course, a change of this magnitude would need some time to settle in and that …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… take it up with the BBC, because it's a direct quotation off their website. Now, the blanket 20 mph that your Government brought forward has proven to be deeply, deeply unpopular—deeply unpopular. It's a national …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… answer to a question, that the enforcement authorities in Wales will pursue the same policy in relation to 20 mph zones as we became familiar with during COVID, that they will begin with engagement. Where people genuinely …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… several occasions? First Minister, yesterday you held a press conference that alluded to the fact that the 20 mph speed limit that the Welsh Government have brought forward was going to be looked at through the premise …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… examples that he offers. The claims that were made, set out in the Welsh Government's documentation, around 20 mph zones were tested by the UK Statistics Authority, who found that what we said was accurate and asked …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… lives'. The Welsh Government allocated £1.6 million to a communications campaign running alongside the implementation of its default 20 mph policy, using selective evidence and ignoring all the research and evidence that challenge their claims. Last week …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
That's greater Amsterdam, the 20 mph, but they are indeed giving that exemption for buses, but with that dedicated infrastructure. So that, I suspect, is where we will end up, or I would encourage you, perhaps …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
… psychological reasons for wanting that. But that’s what we need. Making the bus go faster than 20 mph, that is not the answer. We’re doing this because we want to avoid collisions. I can assure you …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Transport scrutiny with the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. And, very briefly, if it were to be found that the 20 mph limit was having an impact adversely on bus services, is that something that the Government would look …
, Petitions Committee
Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
… executive, and I think that that's been an issue. It's better due to COVID and 20 mph, ironically, but it's still a big issue here in Wales. It was interesting to hear you saying that …