, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Are there any other thoughts on that? Mr Jones.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
I think Mr Jones would like to come in.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. Sorry.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Can I just interject? Is that also not just the car contingent, but also cyclists themselves, buses, freight?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Does anybody else want to comment? Yes, Mr Price.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Mr Jones. You're on silent.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. I think Mr Jones indicated.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. If there are no further comments on this set of questions, I’m pleased to bring in Tom Giffard.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
So, an integrated approach.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Mr Forsey.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Would anybody else like to comment on Mike Hedges's further question?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
I think John wanted to comment as well, Mike.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Yes, Mr Forsey.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, thank you. And Mr Price.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, diolch. Yes, Mr Forsey.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. Mr Jones.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Yes.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Okay—. Sorry, yes.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
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…
