, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
It's a matter of public record that the 20 mph taskforce report, which came to this Chamber and had the support of the bulk of Conservative Members—excluding Darren Millar—recommended a default speed limit approach, and that was supported by two thirds of the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
Let me make some progress. It had the support of the Tory leader at that time, and the bulk of the Tory MSs. It was only when they sensed an opportunity to turn this into a wedge issue that they changed their position. They now say that they want to scrap the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
I think, a year on, it's fair to say that the 20 mph policy has been much criticised, but it's a policy that is succeeding in achieving its outcomes. The data so far shows that average speeds are down, as we said they would be. Collisions on all roads are at…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
You keep misrepresenting the Northern Ireland Belfast study, which was not based on a set of 30 mph roads. It was based on a set of existing 20 mph roads, and what they said is an area-wide speed limit, like the one we introduced, would be more effective…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
Will you give way?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. Anyone who has tried parking at a hospital knows what a nightmare it can be, and the research also shows that, in most cases, the majority of staff at a hospital live within close distance and work within office hours, and yet drive. And we know…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
2. How many health boards have travel plans in place for both staff and patients, and how are these monitored and reported? OQ61551
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I’d like to turn to the question of active travel, Trefnydd, to request a debate in Government time. There was a report last week from Audit Wales that showed that our ambitions are a long way from being achieved, echoing a report two weeks before that by the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. I appreciate the answer. I do think that units might be a complication and it may be worth having just some additional reflection with the sector just to make sure that the tyres are being properly kicked on that. I have a further question in terms…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
I've got a couple of questions, Chair, if you'll humour me. Just to come back to the point the officials were making on the consultation, I think it might be useful to just reflect on the guidance that’s set out for schools. On the question of exemptions, I…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. I just want to extend that theme, really, and how the Welsh language education delivery plan can play a role in making sure that there is that consultation around public acceptability as schools move along the continuum between one language…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
I'm done.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. Well, I'm sure we'll make some recommendations. Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. I just wonder if there's a parallel with some of the town-centre development work and the help for local authorities with compulsory purchase advice, given that that capacity's been denuded in local authorities. I wonder whether there's a read-across…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. Well, I think we're likely to make some recommendations on this in our report, so it would be good if some thought can be put into this when responding to our report. Just on the issue of section 106 and how additional help can be given to local…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Sure. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding this, but, by the time it gets to the planning system, as you say, the options are complex, so surely a strategic approach would be thinking about this before it gets to the planning system. So, when planning the south…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thanks. I just want to focus on land, briefly. The evidence that you submitted is pretty curt on the potential for maximizing the uplift in land values from public sector development. We’ve heard evidence about the potential that the metro has for the Welsh…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. Did you—? Do you want to add to that?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Just to ask specifically on the social housing grant and the foundational economy, I know there's some good work taking place within the Welsh Government; there's a secondment into the Welsh Government to try and marshal around new build in particular, the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay, thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay, so that's the Welsh Government being reactive. But are you proactively looking, with local authorities, at how you can sweep up some of these properties that have been put on the market?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
—drive second home owners out of the market and create capacity for locals.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Surely it's not unexpected. We've introduced an extra tool to—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
That’s a general answer, and that’s good in general, but, specifically about these areas where we have been targeting additional measures to deal with second homes, people are putting their houses on the market, and there’s an opportunity there to step in. Is…
