Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 2 – Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 29 February 2024

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Robert Donovan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

(09.15-09.30)

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Public meeting

(09.30-12.30)

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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 Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee meeting - 7 February 2024: Further information following the Tata Steel UK session

(Pages 1 - 2)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chief Executive Officer, Tata Steel UK - 16 February 2024

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2.2 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee

(Page 3)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Counsel General & Minister for the Constitution - 16 February 2024

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2.3 Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee meeting - 7 February 2024: Further information following the Border Target Operating Model session

(Pages 4 - 6)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State - 20 February 2024

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2.4 Sustainable Farming Scheme

(Pages 7 - 12)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee to the Chair - 21 February 2024
Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 21 February 2024
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee to the Chair - 20 February 2024

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

(Pages 13 - 15)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 20 February 2024

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2.6 The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

(Pages 16 - 17)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 21 February 2024

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3 Future of Welsh Steel: Steel Unions

(09.30-10.15) (Pages 18 - 36)

Alasdair McDiarmid, Assistant General Secretary, Community Union

Tom Hoyles, Press Administration and Research, GMB Union

Peter Hughes, Unite Wales Regional Secretary, Unite the Union

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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Break

(10.15-10.20)

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4 Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel

(10.20-11.20) (Pages 37 - 55)

Ben Burggraaf, Chief Executive Officer, Net Zero Industry Wales

Professor Dave Worsley, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University

Dr Clare Richardson-Barlow, University of Leeds

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Net Zero Industry Wales
Evidence paper - Dr Clare Richardson-Barlow

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Break

(11.20-11.30)

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5 Future of Welsh Steel: Expert panel 2

(11.30-12.30) (Pages 56 - 59)

Dr Dean Stroud, Cardiff University

Professor Vera Trappmann, Comparative Employment Relations, University of Leeds

Attached Documents:
Additional paper - Karen Turner Centre for Energy Policy, Strathclyde University & Max Munday, Welsh Economy Research unit, Cardiff Business School

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

(12.30)

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Private

(12.30-12.45)

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7 Consideration of evidence following the meeting

(12.30-12.45)

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