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(Further to the announcement concerning the Broadband Life-Long Learning \
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of the )Tj
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(funding which would, in any event, be made available as part of the e-Mi\
nister\222s )Tj
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(Statement the following day. In particular, some members were concerned \
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(only \2438.5 m was earmarked for providing broadband services with the b\
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(Concern was expressed by a Member that the Corus and Rural recovery plan\
s )Tj
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(were funded from end year flexibility and that this was in effect divert\
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(that should have been spent in other areas. Areas like Caerphilly were n\
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(receipt of any aid under the plans but did border both Newport and Ebbw \
Vale )Tj
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(and the recent cumulative loss of nearly 3000 jobs in Caerphilly borough\
had not )Tj
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(attracted any additional aid. The Minister responded that at the request\
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(Caerphilly B.C. he is due to meet them in December. He also added that r\
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(job gains and losses were a feature of any economy. He rejected the clai\
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(A Member said that the Steel Action Plan should be seen as a model in Wa\
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(Item 3: WDA half-yearly report. )Tj
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(Graham Hawker outlined the progress made by the WDA to date and highligh\
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(Members were pleased with the content of the report but were concerned t\
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(Members expressed a wish to see the criteria used in determining jobs )Tj
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(In response to members\222 questions about the review of broadband provi\
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(competition and so bring prices down. The use of broadband in schools wo\
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(a part of that demand. The point was also made that whilst the costs rel\
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(The WDA agreed that with regard to overseas investment, performance had \
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(Item 4: Business Support Review \226 Minister\222s report)Tj
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(Graham Hawker introduced the paper and referred to the extensive discuss\
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(Members noted that the regional/geographical structure of the services h\
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(Reference was made to the WDA\222s mapping exercise and the difficulties\
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(Graham Hawker said that the first phase was to identify overlaps between\
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(The WLGA had expressed disappointment that the WDA had not established a\
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(On the question of accountability for delivering the services, Mr Hawker\
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(Members noted the proposal not to establish an \221Ombudsman\222 for bus\
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(accepted that many of the problems, which an \221Ombudsman\222 would add\
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(There was a brief discussion of the Assembly\222s new enterprise grant s\
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(Subject to these comments the Committee noted and endorsed the proposals\
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(Item 5: NEDS final draft. )Tj
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(The Minister introduced the draft economic development strategy \221A Wi\
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)Tj
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(Departments but there had to be a clear definition of Economic Developme\
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(With regard to regional targets he said that there were calls for a vari\
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(In discussion several members commented that the report lacked any real \
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(with regard to transport. The Minister said that whilst transport was an\
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(Many members felt that the report still lacked detail concerning policie\
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(Some members felt that the views of a number of very important partners,\
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(Sustainable development should be a much richer theme and they reminded \
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(Concern was expressed that the report did not focus on what was unique t\
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(The point was made that the redistribution of public expenditure would g\
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(Officials highlighted areas of the report that identified some of the un\
ique projects )Tj
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(Wales already had and said that the link between economic development an\
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(skills was not something that was replicated elsewhere. They added that \
an )Tj
T*
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de was )Tj
T*
(that clear direction and excellent implementation seemed to be the diffe\
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T*
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(The Minister concluded that the strategy should be defined as aiming to \
spend )Tj
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(smarter rather than simply just spending more. He said he felt that this\
could be )Tj
T*
(achieved by being more strategic and identified the restructuring within\
the WDA )Tj
T*
(and ELWa as examples of work already carried out to act in a more strate\
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T*
(If the strategy failed to produce results then it would be necessary to \
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T*
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(A member commented that the very existence of the National Assembly mean\
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(A brief discussion followed on paper 5 Economic Research, Monitoring and\
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(Item 6: Final discussion on budget priorities. )Tj
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(Members were disappointed that little regard had been paid to their expr\
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