Inquiry5

The Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (“the Committee”) agreed to undertake an inquiry into bus and rail transport in Wales.

The Committee considered:

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>>>Priorities for post covid recovery for Welsh bus and rail;

>>>The action required to achieve Welsh Government targets for modal shift to these modes, and behaviour change; and

>>>Views on proposals for bus and rail reform – including UK Government plans to reform the rail industry, and Welsh Governments plans for regulation of bus services / the Bus White Paper.

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Evidence Gathering

The Committee held oral evidence sessions with stakeholders on Thursday 26 May 2022.

The Citizens Engagement Team conducted a series of five focus groups and six one-to-one interviews between 21 March and 21 April. This paper (PDF 217KB) summarises the findings of those interviews.

Report:

The Committee published its report: The future of bus and rail in Wales (PDF 3.5MB) on 6 October 2022. The report is in two parts:

Part 1 – Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales

Part 2 – The future of bus and rail services post-Covid

The Welsh Government responded (PDF 254KB) to the Committee’s report on 16 December 2022.

Plenary debate

A debate was held in plenary on Wednesday 18 January 2023.