Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:08 pm on 22 December 2021.
Llywydd, we will publish statutory guidance for the public transport sector, including the bus sector, as to how they can operate safely in a regime of 2m distancing, giving them the comfort that there are mitigating measures they can take to cope with the demand that will still be there. That will be a different level of advice, and, as I say, it will be statutory guidance that we will issue this time. Transport for Wales will, I know, want to run as many services as they possibly can, provided they can do that safely. Their staff are being affected by the omicron variant, and by the delta variant here in Wales, and where there are fewer people available to provide a service, the nature of that service has to alter in order to continue safely.