English: I would like to second Huw Irranca-Davies's motion, which has been co-submitted on a cross-party basis in an effort to urge the Welsh Government to refresh its ambition for active travel through a comprehensive active travel strategy. And I don't think there will be any disagreement in this Chamber of the benefits of active travel. They are numerous, including the contribution that it can make to tackling obesity, improving air quality, reducing traffic congestion and addressing climate change, and I think we need to see, certainly, more action to ensure that this important piece - and it is an important piece - of legislation creates the behavioural and cultural change that is necessary to tackle the challenges I've just outlined. It's now eight months since the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee, which I have the privilege to Chair, published its post-legislative scrutiny on the Active Travel (Wales) Act. The committee made 24 recommendations. I will not be going through those today - that debate's been had - but I would welcome an update from the Minister on what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations, because the unfortunate reality is, Deputy Presiding Officer, that since the Act became law almost six years ago, rates of active travel have been static in Wales and have actually decreased among children. And the active travel Act was never going to be - . We were never going to see that change overnight. I think that's recognised by us all. But it was supposed to change the way local authorities, planners and engineers approached their work. Regrettably, the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee report found that this simply hasn't been achieved, and there is confusion over the purpose of active travel maps. 'So, we lack the ambition, we lack the rigour and the honesty about where we are, we lack the skills and capacity at a local level to take this throughWe all agree it needs to happen. There's a gap to make it happen. We've got to raise our game.' Those were the words of the now Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, when he spoke in the debate on the committee report back in September, and I have no doubt at all in my mind that those are words that he stands by now as well. The committee found that there was a lack of leadership at both the Welsh Government and local authority levels, and that was responsible for the lack of progress made on active travel to date. We called on the Welsh Government, as a committee, to strengthen its leadership on the issue and to make clear its expectations from local authorities. Now, at the time, the Welsh Government did not agree with that assessment, but I believe that it is now clear that more leadership is required from government at all levels if we are to realise the ambitions of the active travel Act. Indeed, the Deputy Minister said that active travel should be at the heart of all Government legislation that is passed, and at the heart of all thinking that local councils do. He also said, 'We recognise what needs to change, but we are not driving through the change at the granular level' And I have no doubt that the Deputy Minister will tell us how he is achieving that in his remarks later on. Huw Irranca-Davies did talk about the Government's additional £60 million for active travel over the next three years; that's welcome funding. He talked about funding in his own areas delivering projects, and indeed in my own local authority area, Powys County Council was successful in bidding for a new active travel crossing over the Severn river in Newtown, which will help to encourage more people to walk and cycle. If the Government is going to bring ambitious legislation to the table, then it must bring the means to deliver that ambition. Indeed, as Huw Irranca-Davies has pointed out, the committee report last year stated that Welsh Government funding falls short of the £17 to £20 per head per year of capital and revenue funding that is necessary to achieve the Welsh Government's ambition for active travel. In the debate last September, the then Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure said, in his closing remarks, that we must now start to walk the walk rather than just talk the talk. So, I do look forward to contributions this afternoon. I particularly look forward to the closing comments from, I think, Dai Lloyd, who has about two minutes to deliver that -
Welsh: Hoffwn eilio cynnig Huw Irranca-Davies, sydd wedi'i gyd-gyflwyno ar sail drawsbleidiol mewn ymdrech i annog Llywodraeth Cymru i ddiweddaru ei huchelgais ar gyfer teithio llesol drwy strategaeth teithio llesol gynhwysfawr. Ac ni chredaf y bydd unrhyw anghytundeb yn y Siambr hon ynglŷn â manteision teithio llesol. Maent yn niferus, gan gynnwys y cyfraniad y gall ei wneud tuag at drechu gordewdra, gwella ansawdd aer, lleihau tagfeydd traffig a mynd i'r afael â newid hinsawdd, ac yn sicr, rwy'n meddwl bod angen inni weld mwy o weithredu i sicrhau bod y darn pwysig hwn - ac mae'n ddarn pwysig - o ddeddfwriaeth yn creu'r newid ymddygiadol a diwylliannol sydd ei angen i fynd i'r afael â'r heriau rwyf newydd eu hamlinellu. Bellach mae'n wyth mis ers i Bwyllgor yr Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau y caf y fraint o'i gadeirio gyhoeddi ei waith craffu ar ôl deddfu ar Ddeddf Teithio Llesol (Cymru). Gwnaeth y pwyllgor 24 o argymhellion. Nid wyf am fynd drwy'r rheini heddiw - cawsom y ddadl honno - ond buaswn yn croesawu diweddariad gan y Gweinidog ar ba gynnydd a wnaethpwyd ar weithredu'r argymhellion, oherwydd y gwir anffodus, Ddirprwy Lywydd, yw bod cyfraddau teithio llesol ers i'r Ddeddf ddod yn gyfraith bron i chwe blynedd yn ôl wedi bod yn statig yng Nghymru ac mewn gwirionedd, maent wedi gostwng ymhlith plant. Ac nid oedd y Ddeddf teithio llesol byth yn mynd i fod - . Nid oeddem byth yn mynd i weld y newid hwnnw dros nos. Credaf ein bod i gyd yn cydnabod hynny. Ond roedd i fod i newid y ffordd roedd awdurdodau lleol, cynllunwyr a pheirianwyr yn edrych ar eu gwaith. Yn anffodus, canfu adroddiad Pwyllgor yr Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau na chafodd hyn ei gyflawni, ac mae yna ddryswch ynglŷn â diben mapiau teithio llesol. 'Felly, nid oes gennym ddigon o uchelgais, nid ydym yn ddigon trylwyr a gonest ynglŷn â'n sefyllfa, nid oes gennym sgiliau a chapasiti ar lefel leol i fwrw ymlaen â hyn Rydym i gyd yn cytuno bod angen iddo ddigwydd. Mae yna fwlch rhwng hynny a gwneud iddo ddigwydd. Rhaid inni wella ein perfformiad.' Dyna oedd geiriau Dirprwy Weinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth bellach, pan siaradodd yn y ddadl ar adroddiad y pwyllgor yn ôl ym mis Medi, ac nid oes gennyf amheuaeth o gwbl yn fy meddwl fod y rheini'n eiriau y mae'n sefyll wrthynt yn awr hefyd. Gwelodd y pwyllgor fod diffyg arweinyddiaeth ar lefel yr awdurdodau lleol a lefel Llywodraeth Cymru, a dyna sy'n gyfrifol am y diffyg cynnydd a wnaed ar deithio llesol hyd yma. Fel pwyllgor, galwasom ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gryfhau ei harweinyddiaeth ar y mater ac i egluro'r hyn yr oedd yn ei ddisgwyl gan awdurdodau lleol. Nawr, ar y pryd, nid oedd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cytuno â'r asesiad hwnnw, ond credaf ei bod yn glir bellach fod angen mwy o arweinyddiaeth gan lywodraeth ar bob lefel os ydym am wireddu uchelgeisiau'r Ddeddf teithio llesol. Yn wir, dywedodd y Dirprwy Weinidog y dylai teithio llesol fod wrth wraidd yr holl ddeddfwriaeth Llywodraeth sy'n cael ei phasio, ac wrth wraidd holl ystyriaethau cynghorau lleol. Dywedodd hefyd, 'Rydym yn cydnabod beth sydd angen ei newid, ond nid ydym yn gwthio newid ar y lefel sylfaenol.' Ac nid oes gennyf amheuaeth y bydd y Dirprwy Weinidog yn dweud wrthym sut y mae'n cyflawni hynny yn ei sylwadau yn nes ymlaen. Siaradodd Huw Irranca-Davies am £60 miliwn ychwanegol y Llywodraeth ar gyfer teithio llesol dros y tair blynedd nesaf; mae hwnnw'n arian i'w groesawu. Soniodd am ariannu yn ei ardaloedd ei hun yn cyflawni prosiectau, ac yn wir yn ardal fy awdurdod lleol, roedd Cyngor Sir Powys yn llwyddiannus yn ei gais am groesfan teithio llesol newydd dros yr afon Hafren yn y Drenewydd a fydd yn helpu i annog mwy o bobl i gerdded a beicio. Os yw'r Llywodraeth yn mynd i ddod â deddfwriaeth uchelgeisiol at y bwrdd, rhaid iddi ddod â'r modd o gyflawni'r uchelgais hwnnw. Yn wir, fel y nododd Huw Irranca-Davies, roedd adroddiad y pwyllgor y llynedd yn dweud bod cyllid Llywodraeth Cymru yn brin o'r £17 i £20 y pen y flwyddyn o'r cyllid cyfalaf a refeniw sydd ei angen i gyflawni uchelgais Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer teithio llesol. Yn y ddadl fis Medi diwethaf, dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a Seilwaith yn ei sylwadau wrth gloi fod rhaid inni ddechrau cerdded y llwybr ei hun yn awr ac nid siarad am wneud hynny'n unig. Felly, edrychaf ymlaen at y cyfraniadau y prynhawn yma. Yn arbennig, rwy'n edrych ymlaen at y sylwadau i gloi, gan Dai Lloyd rwy'n credu, sydd ag oddeutu dau funud i gyflwyno hynny -