Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 5 - Tŷ Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 9 October 2025

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 session

09.30 - 12.20

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 1

09.30 - 10.30 (Pages 1 - 20)

Rajesh Nair, CEO, Tata Steel UK

Chris Jaques, Chief HR Officer, Tata Steel UK

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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Break

10.30 - 10.40

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3 Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 2

10.40 - 11.40

Alasdair McDiarmid, Assistant General Secretary, Community Union

Jason Bartlett, National Officer for Tata Steel UK, Unite the Union Wales

Tom Hoyles, Press Administration and Research, GMB Union

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Break

11.40 - 11.50

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4 Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 3

11.50 - 12.20

Dan Williams (Community), Deputy Chair, Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot

Ian Williams (Unite), Secretary, Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot

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5 Papers to note

12.20

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5.1 Aberthaw procurement

(Page 21)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Chair of Cardiff Capital Region - 30 September 2025

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5.2 Global Centre of Rail Excellence

(Pages 22 - 25)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Wales, UK Government - 30 September 2025
Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, Welsh Government - 30 September 2025

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5.3 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

(Pages 26 - 27)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Y Llywydd, and Chair of Chairs' Forum - 1 October 2025

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5.4 Follow-up from the Committee meeting held on 17 July 2025: Junior apprenticeships

(Pages 28 - 29)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education - 2 October 2025

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting, Standing Order 17.42(vi) for the whole of the meeting on 16 October 2025, and Standing Orders 17.42(vii) and 17.42(ix) for the whole of the meeting on 22 October 2025

12.20

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Private session

12.20 - 12.45

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7 Future of Welsh Steel: Consideration of evidence

12.20 - 12.35

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8 International trade monitoring report discussion

12.35 - 12.45 (Pages 30 - 41)

Attached Documents:
International trade monitoring report

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