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Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay, thank you. I'm afraid the clock has beaten us, but can I thank you both for allowing us to mine a very, very rich vein of evidence? I'm sure there will be other things that we may want to pick on further in written form, if you'd be willing to maybe…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
I fear this might have to be the last question, Jenny, because we're running out of time.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. We need to move on, then, please. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Yes. Okay. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Can I just ask a quick one, then, in terms of moving to the bus franchising? Do we really have the capital resource and the expertise and the personnel and the skills on the ground to deliver what we're aiming to deliver?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you. Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Well, there's a whole other hour there, I think, of scrutiny, but certainly that's something that we can chew on. Huw has indicated that he'd like to come in, and, I think, Delyth as well. We'll go to Huw first.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Thank you very much. Janet.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay, thank you so much. Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
I think a lot of people would like to see Boris Johnson get on his bike, but that's another matter. Okay, Mark, did you want to add anything?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Delyth, you wanted to come in.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Clear messages coming through. Huw, did you want to pick up on anything, or—?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay, yes. Thank you so much. Right, we'll move on to Huw, then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Absolutely, yes. Okay. Thank you so much. Before we leave decarbonisation, I just wanted to press you a little bit. You mentioned that, obviously, people are going to feel, 'I've got an electric car, I'm okay now—I'm doing my bit'. Decarbonising buses and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Graham, would you like to start on that one, then, because you touched on that earlier?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Delyth. Are you happy? Yes. Okay, we'll move on to Janet then.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Graham, you were nodding.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. If Joyce is happy, I think that takes us nicely on to Delyth.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you for that. Some of the evidence we've had has suggested certain carrots and sticks that could be used to that effect. Jenny, you wanted to come in.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Yes, okay. Thank you. Joyce.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
That certainly chimes with the evidence we've had from Transport for Wales in relation to services on a Sunday, for example. Mark.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Excellent. And we're looking forward to you giving us that broader picture as well, in terms of what others, maybe, are doing in comparison to the situation here in Wales. Okay. I'll kick off with the first question, if I may. Just a general one, really…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
Okay. Well, this is our opportunity to make sure that we give you that space to tell us exactly what needs to happen. Graham.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bus and rail transport in Wales - evidence session 1
We will move on to the substance of the meeting this morning, which is scrutiny of the future of bus and rail transport in Wales, and we will be interviewing three panels during the day, but we're starting, of course, with the first panel. I welcome two…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning and welcome, everyone, to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. We have a number of Members joining us via video-conference this morning: Janet Finch-Saunders, Delyth Jewell, Joyce Watson and Huw…
