22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
My final question on this section relates to—. Well, it's a question, really, for the local authorities represented. What are you doing to ensure that your active travel interventions support accessibility and inclusion? Obviously, there's a requirement under…
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Are there any other thoughts on that? Mr Jones.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Thank you. I do have a couple of quick questions before we move on to Adam Price. Given that Sustrans are the national custodian for the national cycle network, what engagement, if any, do you have with them regarding connections with your active travel…
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
I think Mr Jones would like to come in.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Thank you. Sorry.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Can I just interject? Is that also not just the car contingent, but also cyclists themselves, buses, freight?
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Does anybody else want to comment? Yes, Mr Price.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Mr Jones. You're on silent.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Thank you. I think Mr Jones indicated.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Thank you. If there are no further comments on this set of questions, I’m pleased to bring in Tom Giffard.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
So, an integrated approach.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Mr Forsey.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Diolch. Can I just ask one supplementary, following on from that last question? What, if any, potential duplication do you see in relation to the different funds and programmes—you know, the active travel fund and programmes like Safe Routes in Communities…
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Would anybody else like to comment on Mike Hedges's further question?
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Mr Jones in first, because I think he wanted to comment on the last question. He may also want to comment on this, I don't know, and then I'll bring the other witnesses in.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
I think John wanted to comment as well, Mike.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Yes, Mr Forsey.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Okay, thank you. Right, well, that brings my initial questions to a conclusion, and I’m pleased to bring in Mike Hedges who has some questions for you. Are you with us, Mike? Yes.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Okay, thank you. And Mr Price.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Okay, diolch. Yes, Mr Forsey.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Thank you. Mr Jones.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Yes.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Okay, thank you. And what impact would you consider that the Welsh Government’s active travel board can have, or is having, on what the auditor general’s report describes as a crowded delivery landscape?
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Okay—. Sorry, yes.
22 Ionawr 2025 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Teithio Llesol: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
If I ask a regional question, but it can impact in other parts of Wales in local contexts also, in north Wales, as you know, the ambition board and CJC are, effectively, operating as a single body, with the same chair, chief executive and team, and yet one is…
