Mark Drakeford said cutting speed from 30mph to 20mph would protect lives and claimed it would save the NHS in Wales £92 million a year
“We will be paid back many, many times over for the investment that we are making.
Mr Drakeford said Wales had led the way in delivering “progressive” policies and cited the example of introducing deemed consent for organ donation. “When we changed the law in relation to organ donation, no other part of the UK was willing to do the same thing. Now every part of the UK does so.
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