I thank you for those questions. I’ll begin with the question that you raised on planning, and how we are ensuring that planning is an enabler for active travel. I’m considering now how we might make revisions to planning policy and guidance to strengthen the emphasis on active travel, and that’s something that I would be working with colleagues on as well. You would have heard the First Minister’s comments today in terms of active travel, and his support for it was very clear that, when we are thinking about building new roads, then we should also be thinking in the same mind-set about building new cycle paths and so on, as well. With regard to funding, I don’t believe that we should look separately at funding for active travel because the whole point is that it should be integrated within the normal way that we travel, and making short journeys on foot or by bicycle should be considered normal things to do. However, I do recognise that we do need specific funding to support the implementation of the Act. So, we’ve given local authorities previously a portion of £300,000 towards producing their existing routes map and the preparation of the work there. Also, £200,000 of local transport funding money has been allocated specifically for costs associated with the integrated network map stage of the process as well. You’re absolutely right to say that engagement is absolutely key in terms of how we move this forward, and having a conversation with the public about what the routes that they want and need are, because that really is going to be crucial to the success of this programme.

I’ll be looking to our active travel board to take a real leading role in this, and this is made up of key Government departments and external partners, Natural Resources Wales, Public Health Wales, the Welsh Local Government Association and a range of third sector organisations and representatives of business as well. They will have a role, I’m sure, in terms of both holding things to account, in terms of the delivery of the Act, but also being advocates for the Act as well. I recently launched, alongside our voluntary sector organisations, a new website where members of the public can register their interest to be consulted by local authorities on the plans. So, I would recommend anybody with an interest to go ahead and look at the Living Streets website to find out more and to register their interest in terms of letting the local authority know what their routes are, what would make the difference for them, what's stopping them taking a bike or walking to a destination at the moment. So, that's certainly something that I would ask Members here, actually, to promote in their constituencies as well.

We're certainly seeking to support local authorities in the discharge of their duties, because we know that we are asking a lot, but then I think that we can gain a lot from them as well. So, we consulted on, and published, delivery guidance on how local authorities should meet their duties under the active travel Act, and I think that this meets some of the recommendations to which you referred. And we’ve also published design guidance that sets out infrastructure standards and provides tools and guidance for network planning and auditing by local authorities. So, we certainly want to make sure that local authorities have access to the information and support that they need in discharging these new duties, because there will be a lot of work involved, but I think that we can achieve a great deal. This is actually a really exciting opportunity for Wales. I'm very aware that the eyes of the world are on this in many senses. I've seen blogs from America looking at what we're doing here in Wales. So, we absolutely have to work together to make sure that it's the success that I know it can be.