AM QUESTIONS INTERVIEW SITE

South Wales Evening Post - 23 February 2007

Welsh Lib Dem AM for South Wales West Peter Black has questioned the planned location for a new passport interview office in Swansea.

The office will be used to interview new adult applicants for UK passports from April, and is due to be sited at Axis Court, Riverside Business Park, on the Enterprise Park.

But Mr Black has raised concerns over its accessibility for people without a car.

He said the commonsense solution would have been to put the office in the city centre between the bus and railway station to cater for those having to travel from large parts of South West Wales for background checks.

"This is a badly thought-out location," said Mr Black.

"Public transport to the Enterprise Park is neither plentiful, or cheap.''