8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Air Pollution

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:28 pm on 5 February 2020.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 5:28, 5 February 2020

(Translated)

We can always rely, fair play, on the consistent tone expressed by the independent Member for South Wales Central, and the Member for Islwyn. Rhianon Passmore made a completely uncritical contribution on the Labour Government's actions. No-one else in this Chamber, including the Minister, thinks that everything is being done as well as it could be.

I will go back now to the comments that we heard from the Minister. I do welcome the commitment to legislate, and I welcome the fact that the commitment has been made today in response to a motion that we've put before the Senedd today. That's why we do these motions—in order to push the Government to make these commitments. I welcome commitments that aren't legislative too—to increase the monitoring over the next few years, to create clean air zones and so forth, and I do agree with what was said clearly by the Minister: