Meeting Venue:
Hybrid – Committee room 5 Ty Hywel
and video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.33
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13503
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Paul Davies MS (Chair) Hefin David MS Luke Fletcher MS Vikki Howells MS Samuel Kurtz MS |
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Witnesses: |
Simon Bowen, GB Nuclear Professor Adrian Bull, University of Manchester Tom Greatrex, Nuclear Industry Association Helen Higgs, Nuclear Skills Strategy Group Jane Lancastle, Prospect Llinos Medi, Isle of Anglesey County Council Professor Simon Middleburgh, Bangor University Alan Raymant, Cwmni Egino Alwen Williams, Ambition North Wales |
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Committee Staff: |
Lara Date, Clerk Evan Jones, Deputy Clerk Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer Lucy Morgan, Researcher Nia Moss, Researcher |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Buffy Williams MS. There were no declarations of interest.
2 Papers to note
2.1 The Committee noted the papers.
2.1 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 4) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
2.2 Trade agreements: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
2.3 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
2.4 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.4) for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
2.5 Deposit return Scheme (DRS): Inclusion of glass
2.6 Offshore wind developments in the Celtic Sea
2.7 UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA)
2.8 The Official Controls (Establishment Lists) (Revocation) Regulations 2023
2.9 Correspondence with Ministers: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25
3 Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Nuclear industry and Unions
3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on nuclear energy and the Welsh economy.
4 Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Nuclear development companies
4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on nuclear energy and the Welsh economy.
4.2 The panel agreed to provide the Committee with a further response regarding the impact of the apprenticeship levy on the ability to develop skills.
5 Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Local Authority view
5.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on nuclear energy and the Welsh economy.
6 Nuclear energy and the Welsh economy: Academics
6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on nuclear energy and the Welsh economy.
7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
7.1 The Motion to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting was agreed.
8 Consideration of evidence following the meeting
8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.