Air Pollution

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 6 November 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:01, 6 November 2018

Well, on 24 April, the Minister announced the package of measures that will improve air quality throughout Wales. We have the clean air Wales programme, the clean air plan for Wales, the Welsh Government supplemental plan to the UK’s for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide emissions, with a clean air zone framework for Wales as well. All these are issues that will help Cardiff council in terms of developing its transport and clean air strategy. I know that paper has set out the issues for the city as it grows, and the potential options for the future. What are they? Well, there are a number of opportunities to significantly change transport within the city. Charging is one possibility. That would be a matter, of course, for the council. But, of course, we see the development of the south Wales metro, improvements in cycling—and I’m glad to see Cardiff taking that forward now at a good rate—improvements in the walking infrastructure, and, of course, further roll-out of the nextbike cycle-hire scheme. So, yes, more work to do in the future, but, obviously, there are schemes already in place now that will look to help in the future as well.