Concise Minutes - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 2 – Senedd

and video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.43
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13846

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Paul Davies MS (Chair) Luke Fletcher MS Samuel Kurtz MS
Witnesses:	Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, UK Government Dickie Davis, Welsh Government Nigel Elias, Welsh Government Chris Jaques, Tata Steel Rajesh Nair, Tata Steel Tom Smith, UK Government
Committee Staff:	Rob Donovan, Clerk Lara Date, Second Clerk Evan Jones, Deputy Clerk Ceri Thomas, Committee Support Officer Aled Evans, Legal Adviser Katie Wyatt, Legal Adviser Sara Moran, Researcher Katy Orford, Researcher Gareth Thomas, Researcher

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

1.2 There were no declarations of interest.

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2 Papers to note

2.1     The Committee noted the papers.

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2.1 The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

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3 Minister for Economy - Tata Steel session

3.1     The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Economy.

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4 Tata Steel UK

4.1     The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Tata Steel UK.

4.2     Tata Steel UK agreed to write to the Committee to provide a breakdown of the proposed redundancies at each of their UK sites, and how the balance of proposed redundancies between the various sites was decided.

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5 The Border Target Operating Model

5.1     The Committee heard evidence from Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, UK Government.

5.2     Baroness Neville-Rolfe agreed to write to the Committee to provide some additional information and clarification regarding the Windsor Framework.

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6 Legislative Consent: Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill

6.1     The Committee considered the Legislative Consent: Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill.

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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 from the remainder of the meeting was agreed.

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8 Consideration of evidence following the meeting

8.1     The Committee considered the evidence received.

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