8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:24 pm on 5 February 2020.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 5:24, 5 February 2020

Thanks for giving way, Rhun. I quite agree with you and other Members that a clean air Act is certainly a positive way to go, but would you agree with me that we've had Acts such as the active travel Act before, and, of course, the future generations Act, all of which are well meaning and have a good basis for the future, but, if you don't actually have those practical measures on the ground and those proper monitoring devices and mechanisms in place to feed back when things aren't working, then, actually, progress is terribly slow and you have to revisit these Acts over and over again? So, would you agree that we need some teeth to this on the ground?