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Motion to agree the financial resolution in respect of the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. You determined that a financial resolution needed to be laid for the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill. The regulatory impact assessment that forms part of the explanatory memorandum outlines the financial impact…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
—acknowledged on BBC Radio Wales this morning that local authorities can make exceptions to the default speed limit. And, in fact, they are. His weak defence of his blatantly misleading campaign against this policy is that the Welsh Government are hellbent on…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
I will not. The leader of the opposition acknowledged—[Interruption.] I will not. The leader of the opposition—
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Dirprwy Lywydd, the Conservatives have been against every progressive reform in this country. They were opposed to the creation of the NHS, they opposed the creation of the minimum wage, they were against the ban on smoking in public places. They were even…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
The policy you're decrying as socialist is a policy being taken forward by Conservative-run Cornwall Council. You're talking nonsense.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
Would the Member take an intervention?
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Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Diolch. I'd like to thank all Members who have contributed. I thought that was a very mature and constructive debate, and, clearly, there's far more that unites us than divides us on this issue, and I look forward, with the support of the Senedd, to be able…
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Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Recommendation 7 suggests bringing forward an amendment to reduce the time period for setting PM2.5 targets to two years. Now, the three-year time period for setting targets for PM2.5 is based on detailed planning of a significant number of steps that need to…
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Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
So, clearly, this is for discussion, but our current thinking is that we want to give local authorities the flexibility to tackle this in a bespoke way in their area. So, the current penalty of £20 will remain. However, we're intending to give them powers to…
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Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Happy to.
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Debate on the General Principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd, and I move the motion, and I'm very pleased to open the debate on the general principles of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill. And I've now taken responsibility for the Bill as it continues to pass…
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Motion to suspend Standing Orders
Formally.
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
—has demonstrated that. But if we find, and local authorities find, that they require greater reassurance from a change in the wording, then we will absolutely consider that, and I think we just need to apply common sense to the way this is implemented.
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
I do struggle to understand whether or not the Conservatives simply don’t understand the nuance of this policy, or they do understand it and choose to deliberately misrepresent it for cynical political ends. I oscillate between those two, if I’m honest. But…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Thank you very much. Again, I just want to acknowledge the leadership that you have shown in this agenda from the beginning. In fact, as I’ve reflected before, the first meeting I had as a Minister some four and a half years ago was with you and Rod King from…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
He started by saying that 17 September will be the day that 30 mph died, and as Llyr Gruffydd correctly said, as opposed to children dying. I think that really does answer the force of the Member's contribution. He is entitled to his view, of course, but I…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Thank you for your comments. I must commend Cardiff Council 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 welcome the…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Yes.
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Thank you very much for those questions. So, we absolutely continue to work closely with local authorities. I met with leaders again last week and was pleasantly surprised, I must say, by the positive response of the meeting. So, the officers obviously are…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Thank you. Yes, I think that’s a very commonsense way of looking at the situation. We shouldn’t underestimate what a significant change to the landscape this is, and it will have all sorts of ripple effects. So, for example, now that we are changing the…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Diolch. Well, I agree that local highway authorities do need to listen and they do need to consult, and that has been a mixed picture across Wales, I think, if we're fair about it. One of the clear conclusions of the pilot in Buckley in Flintshire was that…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Well, as ever, I regret the tone with which Natasha Asghar makes her contribution on this serious matter. Let me try and deal with a number of issues that she put. She says, again, that she has no problem with the slower speeds outside schools. Eighty per…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Local highway authorities will retain the power to vary the speed limit according to local conditions. It is not a uniform speed limit. It is not a blanket speed limit. It can vary according to local circumstances, as decided by the local highway authority…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
I want to take the opportunity today to set out the facts. The hardest hitting fact is that if a pedestrian is struck by a vehicle moving at 30 mph, they are around five times more likely to be killed than if they are hit at 20 mph. It’s simple: lower speeds…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: 20 mph default speed limit on restricted roads
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. From Sunday, most roads with a 30 mph speed limit in Wales will be changing to 20 mph. This is the biggest step change in community safety for a generation. It will save lives, prevent injuries and encourage more people to walk and…
