Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 7 February 2017.
First Minister, Dai Lloyd in his opening question mentioned the problems for people with disabilities at Abergavenny station. If I can focus on those, you may be aware of the work of one of my constituents, disabled access rights campaigner Dan Biddle, who’s worked tirelessly both in my area and across Wales over the last few years to try and improve disabled access. Whilst you’re right to say, and Dai Lloyd was right to point out, that a large aspect of this isn’t devolved, of course the management of Abergavenny station is within the remit of Arriva Trains and that franchise. What are you doing to make sure that, as that new franchise date of 2018, I believe it is, fast approaches, disabled issues really are put at the heart of all this so that, even if they can’t be fully solved when the new franchise starts, a new focus can be put on that so that disabled people in my area in Abergavenny and across Wales do have that access to stations that they deserve?