<p>Major Sporting Events </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:22 pm on 9 November 2016.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2:22, 9 November 2016

(Translated)

Thank you for that response. I would agree that we do need to attract more major sporting events, but they do put pressure on our transport infrastructure, and we have seen—a constituent has been in touch with me referring to three occasions in the last fortnight when a member of her family have had to stand on the train all the way from Wrexham to Cardiff, and, on one occasion, all the way from Wrexham to Newport. That is inconvenient, of course, but it was not possible to use the toilet either, and it raises questions on passenger wellbeing, but also the health and safety more generally of those using trains that are so packed.

She has now written to the Health and Safety Executive to ask them to look at the situation. Being aware that there are two major international sporting events happening in Cardiff this weekend, what assurance can you give that the service will be safe and appropriate?