7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:57 pm on 8 March 2023.

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Photo of Tom Giffard Tom Giffard Conservative 5:57, 8 March 2023

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Can I thank all Members that contributed in our debate today? There were a number of Members, actually, that contributed, so I won't pick up everybody, you'll be pleased to know, that contributed and respond to their points accordingly. But I did want to single out Natasha Asghar's opening statement and her passion for transport in Wales. Her ambitious vision for transport in Wales, I think, really shone through in her contribution.

We've heard from across the Chamber today how reliant every area of Wales is on good road infrastructure. Many of these road building schemes are vital to help both local economies and communities thrive, and perhaps we heard in the debate that nowhere is that more clear than in north Wales, as Sam Rowlands and Janet Finch-Saunders highlighted the major projects that had been shelved there. I did feel a degree of sympathy, actually, for Rhun ap Iorwerth, who had to balance his party's full support for Labour's latest schemes, as they often do, with his constituents' clear desire for a third crossing into Anglesey.