7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:28 pm on 29 September 2021.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 5:28, 29 September 2021

Well, that's a good idea; that's why he's able to lead on the—. But the point is, if we want to extend free bus passes to 16 to 25-year-olds—which I don't discount as a great idea—we have to work out how we're going to pay for it. I just want to, equally—. I do question the idea from Gareth Davies that people would rather sit in a queue on the A55. Would they rather do that than pay for a toll to improve the public transport services—really? 

And I think, finally, I just want to—[Interruption.] I just want to remind us that one of the other people who's looking at tolls is your very own Chancellor of the Exchequer. And quite rightly too, because the fuel excise duty is currently worth £40 billion to the Treasury, and that pays for all the important services we all love—