<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:53 pm on 7 March 2017.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 1:53, 7 March 2017

Would you agree, as First Minister, to convene a summit on this particular issue of all the interested public bodies, so that there can be a joined-up approach to it, on the basis that we do, generally, across parties want to see improvements? When you have a public health issue that is taking 2,000 lives a year within Wales—let alone other parts of the United Kingdom—that, I would suggest, is rated as pressing the number one button in your list of priorities. There does seem to be an element of divergence when it’s delivered within communities the length of breadth of Wales, and it does need some centralising and co-ordination here. Will you agree to host a summit, to make sure that progress can be made on this agenda item, so that we can see genuine improvements across Wales, but importantly, improvements to make sure that we do not continue to see the number of people dying through poor air quality going up in Wales?

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