Part of 2. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 25 January 2017.
Can I commend Julie Morgan for raising this issue about community transport? Because for the most disabled people—those that are most vulnerable and least likely to take any sort of journey—community transport is vital. I think it’s fair to say there was a lot of innovation until about 10 years ago when the grants system changed a bit, and it’s not quite been taken forward with the sort of pace that we are seeing improvements, whether actual or planned, in public transport. But there are ways of delivering these services in a very innovative, effective way, but they do need quite a high level of subsidy, and I think those people deserve that type of support from the rest of us.