3. Will the Commissioner provide an update on ensuring that car-charging points are available on the Assembly estate? OAQ51823

Thank you very much, Simon, for raising this important issue on electrical charging points on the Assembly estate. Following our previous commitment to install charging points, it’s my pleasure to confirm that this work is ongoing in order to put in place the charging points on the Assembly estate by the end of March 2018. There are currently a small number of EV users on the estate, and we hope that the new charging facilities will encourage additional users in the future. I will now turn to English.

May I thank the Commissioner for using the bilingual broadcasting services here in such a powerful way, and may I thank her for confirming that the process that has been ongoing for about a year will be completed by March? I look forward, personally, to being able to change the way I come to this place, not only by rail, of course, but in an electric car. But it's important to remember that we have ensured that the Government is investing £2 million throughout Wales in this system and that we as an Assembly are leading the way in decarbonising transport, and encouraging people to come to the Assembly in the way that is most convenient to them. So, I hope that this work will be completed and I look forward to that happening.

I thank the Member for his positive response and I hope that we can progress from here. When we did the survey, there was only one person who had an electric vehicle, so we are now implementing two power points that will, hopefully, encourage us to lessen the carbon footprint and we can look further. When we see the response to having these points in place, we can then look forward to receiving more information from other Members who wish for us to engage more fully with the services. Thank you. 

Thank you very much.