8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:38 pm on 5 February 2020.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 4:38, 5 February 2020

Will the Member take an intervention? I'm grateful, Jenny, for you taking the intervention. You highlighted exclusion zones around schools. We focus on the combustion engine, but you and I have heard evidence on the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee about particulate matter from tyres and other substances, brake pads as well, that account for 40 per cent of the particles we inhale. So, it's not just focusing on the combustion engine, which can be overcome by electric cars; it's looking at the whole mobile movement of people around, as you're identifying today.