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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. Mr Jones.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Or come back to us afterwards if you wish, in writting.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
And before I bring Mr Jones in, any practical proposals or suggestions to achieve that?
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. Mr Forsey.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you very much indeed. To what extent do you believe that the developing role of Transport for Wales has impacted on wider active travel delivery arrangements, and how effective do you believe that Transport for Wales has been in this area? Mr Price.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
I think I saw Mr Jones—did you indicate?
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Okay. Thank you. No more—. Oh, yes.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Are there any issues of local authorities like yours with cross-border? Because a lot of people in your area cross that border regularly, whether it's to access health services or wider services, for employment or otherwise.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Okay, thank you. Yes, Mr Forsey.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Diolch. Thank you. Okay, well, I'll move on. To what extent are you supportive of the Welsh Government's new active travel delivery plan? What, if any, gaps or barriers to delivery do you believe exist and could be highlighted? Mr Price.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. And I see—. Was it Mr Jones wanted to speak? Yes. So, Dylan Jones, do you want to—?
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Given that you're speaking at a national level, representing all your member local authorities, from your perspective, is the position the same everywhere or are there differences in different places?
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Mr Price.
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Okay. Diolch, pawb. Thanks, all. As you'd expect, we have many questions, and I'd be grateful if—Members know this—Members and witnesses could be as succinct as possible to enable us to get through as many of those questions as possible. And as convention has…
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Active Travel: evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association
Bore da. Croeso. Good morning, and welcome back, for viewers, to this morning's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. Welcome to our witnesses, who have now joined us. Could I ask them, for the record, please, to begin by stating…
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Paper(s) to note
Okay, thank you. Well, perhaps could we share that, or respond accordingly? And other than that, are Members content to note? Thank you. In which case, I propose, if Members agree, to go into a short break before the start of our evidence session on active…
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Paper(s) to note
I’d be grateful, obviously, if we could make a diary note to follow up on the offer to meet in the future, and hope we get something in the diary later in the year. The next item to note is correspondence from the Permanent Secretary, who’s written with a…
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Paper(s) to note
That concurs with my view as well. If we could note that and respond accordingly. The second paper to note is a response from the First Minister regarding the ministerial code, responding to our letter of 26 November last year, setting out our views on any…
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Paper(s) to note
Tom, do you—?
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Paper(s) to note
We've received a small number of papers to note. The Chair of the Future Senedd Committee wrote to us, asking for our views on any changes to be made to Standing Order 18.5, which specifies the requirements for the establishment of the Public Accounts and…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Bore da, croeso. Good morning and welcome to this morning’s meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament. I’m pleased to welcome a new member of our committee, Tom Giffard MS, sitting to my left, who…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
In December 2022, the Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee held a spotlight inquiry on the speech and language communication needs of young people within the criminal justice system. Their subsequent '60%—Giving them a voice' report, published in…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
Diolch. Well, I congratulate the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on their eightieth anniversary this month. Our motion recognises that, although the role carried out by speech and language therapists is crucial, there are fewer speech and…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
Are you aware that the Velindre contract is currently being investigated by two Senedd committees?
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Well, thanks for your response. As you know, the Labour UK Government added value added tax to private school fees on 1 January, with no known opposition from Labour Welsh Government. Even if the ability for local authorities to reclaim this VAT for pupils…
