So, we're talking about something here that can have a very detrimental impact.

Even though we have focused in that inquiry on older people, disabled people and young people were recognised as two other groups who are vulnerable in terms of isolation and loneliness, and we heard that transport can be a factor in that. We had evidence that the barrier of having to plan journeys beforehand prevents travellers from making their journeys, and means that travelling at short notice is almost impossible. Of course, young disabled people, like their peers, want to travel with their friends, and they want the opportunity to travel without having to plan in detail days beforehand. This doesn’t fit the lives of young people, very often, and they want to feel that they can be confident that they can travel without feeling that they’re a nuisance to other people.

I’m very pleased, therefore, that the Welsh Government has accepted all of the recommendations by the committee, including giving staff the training to help them to create a supportive, inclusive and accessible environment, and that they will work with groups that represent disabled people to develop that very important training. So, the input of groups such as Whizz-Kidz and Taran—who I’ll meet tomorrow—I’m sure will be of great help to the Government with that work.