Background
Following the 2021 Senedd election, First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford announced in the formation of the next Welsh government, that he would form a "super-ministry" centred on climate change, combining the portfolios of the environment, energy, housing, planning and transport. It would be headed by a Minister for Climate Change (announced to be Julie James MS), with a deputy minister assisting the government division. [10] [11]
The position partly oversaw transport in Wales, with the position also referred to by derivatives of the old name such as "transport minister". [12] [13] [14]
Waters, the holder from 2021, [15] oversaw during his period in the position a changing of the default speed limit on restricted roads from 30mph to 20mph, [16] conducting a roads review involving scaling back new road construction, [17] [18] and overseeing the impact of COVID-19 on public transport in Wales, such as buses. [19]
The ascendance of Vaughan Gething to the position of First Minister saw a new Cabinet formed, and the creation of the position of Cabinet Secretary for Transport. The inaugural and current holder, Ken Skates, is also the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales. [20]
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