Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 26 October 2023

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Lara Date

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09.15-09.30)

 

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Public meeting (09.30-13.00)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Papers to note

(09.30)                                                                                                             

 

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2.1   Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 4) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 2)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee to the Chair of the Business Committee - 6 October 2023

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2.2Trade agreements: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

                                                                                                     (Pages 3 - 4)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for International Trade, UK Government - 9 October 2023

 

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2.3   Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

                                                                                                     (Pages 5 - 6)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Economy and the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 13 October 2023

 

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2.4   Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.4) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

                                                                                                     (Pages 7 - 9)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change - 16 October 2023

 

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2.5   Deposit return Scheme (DRS): Inclusion of glass

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 11)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Climate Change - 16 October 2023

 

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2.6   Offshore wind developments in the Celtic Sea

                                                                                                 (Pages 12 - 13)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the First Minister of Wales to the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak MP - 12 October 2023

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2.7   UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA)

                                                                                                 (Pages 14 - 21)

Attached Documents:
UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly: Third meeting summary report - October 2023

 

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2.8   The Official Controls (Establishment Lists) (Revocation) Regulations 2023

                                                                                                 (Pages 22 - 23)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 18 October 2023

 

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2.9   Correspondence with Ministers: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

                                                                                                 (Pages 24 - 53)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language - 9 October 2023
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Economy - 9 October 2023
Letter to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 23 August 2023
Letter to the Minister for Economy - 23 August 2023

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3Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Nuclear industry and Unions

(09.30-10.15)                                                                         (Pages 54 - 118)

 

Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association

Helen Higgs, New Nuclear Build Head of Construction Capability, Nuclear Skills Strategy Group

Jane Lancastle, Assistant Secretary, Prospect

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Nuclear Industry Association
Evidence paper - Prospect
Additional evidence paper - Bechtel Nuclear Power Co. Ltd
Additional evidence paper - Rolls Royce SMR
Research brief

 

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Break (10.15-10.20)

 

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4       Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Nuclear development companies

(10.20-11.05)                                                                       (Pages 119 - 121)

 

Alan Raymant, Chief Executive, Cwmni Egino

Simon Bowen, Chair, GB Nuclear

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Cwmni Egino

 

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Break (11.05-11.15)

 

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5       Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Local Authority view

(11.15-12.00)                                                                       (Pages 122 - 142)

 

Llinos Medi, Leader of Anglesey County Council

Alwen Williams, Portfolio Director, Ambition North Wales

 

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Isle of Anglesey County Council

 

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Break (12.00-12.15)

 

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6       Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Academics

(12.15-13.00)

                                                                                                                          

Professor Adrian Bull, BNFL Chair in Nuclear Energy and Society, University of Manchester

Professor Simon Middleburgh, Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University

 

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7       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

(13.00)                                                                                                             

 

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Private (13.00-13.15)

 

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8       Consideration of evidence following the meeting

(13.00-13.15)                                                                                                  

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