Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:54 pm on 22 January 2020.
And we're all going home. Excellent. Let me just briefly respond to Hefin's point before asking Alun to come in.
We're at the beginning of a conversation. They are not going to come in for four years. There are pragmatic reasons for doing this in the way they've done, because the entry points into the city are fewer, and you can put the infrastructure to capture the number plates, whereas if you were to apply it to all Cardiff residents, you'd need cameras all over the city and that is going to be difficult and expensive to do. So I can understand pragmatically why they've done it in this way. But in four years' time, by the time this comes in, if the local government Bill that Julie James is bringing forward is approved by this Senedd, then transport will be being managed on a regional basis. It simply won't be the case that the city region can come forward with a transport plan that only addresses Cardiff. The local authority leaders around that table will demand a whole-region approach.
So, I think this is the beginning of a conversation. All the local authorities over the next four years will be able to shape that, as indeed will the people of Cardiff through local government elections, and I suspect the proposals we end up with will be different from the proposals we've started with. But I think we should give cover and courage and support to the leadership of Cardiff in being willing to tackle the difficult issue of demand management, because simply addressing supply is not going to work. I'll happily give way to Alun Davies.