, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
… for the leadership they have shown over a number of years in bringing in a large number of 20 mph speed limits across the urban areas of the city. They have led the way in that and they … from Sunday, where you see street lights and there's not a 30 mph speed limit, it is 20 mph. So, see street lights, think 20 mph is the clear piece of advice we can give our constituents …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
… welcomed by local communities. It will take a while to adjust. As a driver, I find driving at 20 mph feels slower. But just as lots of people didn't like wearing a seat belt as first, people … enforcement. Excessive speeders will be fined and given points, but while drivers are getting used to the new 20 mph limit, and if they are not breaching it excessively, they will be offered roadside engagement sessions, where available …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
… sure those regular conversations are enjoyable. You mention there the benefits to businesses and the economy of 20 mph, but of course you'll be fully aware of your own explanatory memorandum on the Restricted Roads (20 mph … short, Minister, the Welsh Government's own explanatory memorandum to the Bill says that this default 20 mph speed limit will cost the Welsh economy £4.5 billion. This is people's jobs, it's people's businesses …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… your response, Cabinet Secretary. You'll know Wrexham council have announced they are reversing the Welsh Government's 20 mph default speed limits on 52 of their roads. This is a welcome move; welcomed by residents and businesses … you also, Cabinet Secretary, that there seems to be an inconsistency of approach to the reversal of the 20 mph default speed limit by councils across Wales. I've mentioned Wrexham council reversing 52 of their roads. Labour …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… policy. This petition is different to many others received on this issue, because it's calling for the 20 mph speed limit to be disapplied at certain times of the day, rather than fully supporting or opposing the … the petitioner to explain that local authorities are able to revert the speed limit on the road from 20 mph to 30 mph at certain times by applying the provisions of a traffic regulation order at certain times …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… petition following receipt of that committee's response. Moving on to item P-07-1599, 'Abolish 24 hours 20MPH default speed limit—if it is necessary keep it during certain times'. '24 hours 20MPH speed limit on restricted …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Update on the Deposit-return Scheme
… look over there and I see the depleted Labour ranks and I think of the effect of the 20 mph legislation. This will be Plaid Cymru's 20 mph. I would urge you, Minister, to have a good …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… can assure you that it has never been the policy of the Welsh Conservative Party to support default 20 mph speed limits. What had been the case was that, in certain communities, members of the public were asking … for 20 mph to be the default in their estates, and there were some occasions where that was supported by individual MSs. I campaigned for 20 mph speed limits outside a couple of local schools in my own …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… Caerleon Road in Newport. In the section of the road that she lives on, there is a 20 mph limit. She has asked for greater enforcement, because when monitoring took place, it showed that there was a reduction … speed, which was very welcome, but that there were still motorists exceeding that 20 mph limit, and she rightly expects the enforcement that at least some of the Members opposite seem to object to. She wants her children …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
… fact that a recent YouGov poll has proven that seven out of 10 people still oppose the default 20 mph policy. Now I would commend the Cabinet Secretary, the new Cabinet Secretary, on his renewed approach—a more … nothing and be happy’ is the phrase that comes to mind. People are expected to be happy with 20 mph and get used to these huge changes and costly policies when economic inactivity in Wales is the highest …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
… that the consensus is that we have to have the right speeds in the right places. That means 20 mph in those heavily built-up areas: areas where you have schools and parks and so forth. I think … very swift and cost-effective means of reverting back those routes that should never have been changed to 20 mph, the only alternative route, which has been proposed, is to repeal the law and then go through …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I request a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales regarding the default 20 mph speed limit? I was really pleased to read, over the recess, of the significant reduction in the number … fatalities and serious injuries right across Wales on roads that have been reduced to 20 mph. And the latest statistics showed that in north Wales, where far more roads were reduced from 30 mph to 20 mph, the …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Transport update
… Now, no matter how much time passes, a level of frustration and anger from the public towards this 20 mph policy doesn't seem to be changing. It's far too drastic, as many say, and continues … took on your role earlier this year, we saw a dramatic shift in rhetoric towards the deeply unpopular 20 mph policy, especially when compared to your predecessor, and it has certainly gone down well with everybody. Instead …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… out in favour of and against the policy. And for whatever reasons, we cannot escape the fact that 20 mph has served to polarise communities. That's why, since taking up post, I've placed such an emphasis … commitment to provide them with the resources and the support they need as we work together to make 20 mph a success. Through the drumbeat of regional meetings, and with the help of the County Surveyors' Society Wales …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… the work that they've done on this so far. The Welsh Government has clung to the default 20 mph policy thus far, not because the people asked for it or wanted it, not because there was solid … people in Wales cannot and should not be ignored, particularly when the evidence for speed limit reductions to 20 mph has such an unsound evidential basis. We already know the evidence from bodies without a vested interest. The …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… from across the UK, but in Europe and beyond, which does show that when you roll out these 20 mph policies, not only are they effective in reducing deaths on the roads and serious injuries on the roads … hospital, nowhere near the more obvious areas that people often cite in terms of where they think 20 mph limits are needed. And that goes back to the point that we heard earlier that, yes, children don …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… certainly a topic that has impacted so many people, and from so many walks of life. This default 20 mph policy has infuriated and mobilised people like never before, and, as we've heard, almost 0.5 million people … pig's ear.' The fundamental issue 0.5 million people had was the default being changed to 20 mph, which, it seems, will remain the default speed limit here in Wales. Let's be clear: I don't think …
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1407, 'We want the Welsh Government to rescind and remove the disastrous 20mph law'
… risks, overtaking in dangerous conditions and rushing to make up for lost time. As we have also seen, 20 mph speed limits do not significantly reduce the number of crashes, casualty rates or average traffic speeds … sure Members from the opposing benches will argue that a reduction in speed from 30 mph to 20 mph is designed to reduce casualty rates. And whilst we all welcome that objective, the data doesn't suggest that …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Priorities for Transport: Listening, partnership, making change
… reasons why this policy needs amending. First of all, there is a road in my constituency that is 20 mph, and almost everyone agrees it should be 30 mph. There are barely any houses on it, and people … are just ignoring the speed limit, which undermines the whole 20 mph ethos. There's a road in my constituency that is 60 mph and has three houses on it, and should really be, at that point, 20 …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport: Priorities for Transport: Listening, partnership, making change
The movement to 20 mph zones was happening well before the default 20 mph speed limit was introduced. In areas where there were not 20 mph zones, chicanes, speed bumps and other means of slowing traffic were being … all that, if a child gets knocked over and killed, 'Well, it's their fault.' I support 20 mph on estate roads and areas of older housing. A and B roads are different; that is why they …