Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 26 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.40
For further information contact:

Robert Donovan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

09.25 - 09.40

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Public session

09.40 - 12.40

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

09.40

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2City and Growth Deals: Panel 3 - Swansea Bay City Deal

09.40 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 41)

Councillor Rob Stewart, Leader of Swansea Council, Chair of the Corporate Joint Committee for South West Wales, and Chair of the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee

Dr Jon Burnes, Portfolio Director, Swansea Bay City Deal

Craig Griffiths, Monitoring Officer, Corporate Joint Committee for South West Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Evidence paper - Swansea Bay City Deal

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Break

11.00 - 11.10

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3 City and Growth Deals: Panel 4 - North Wales Growth Deal

11.10 - 12.40 (Pages 42 - 133)

Hedd Vaughan-Evans, Head of Operations, Ambition North Wales

Councillor Charlie McCoubrey, Leader of Conwy County Borough Council, and Vice-Chair of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee (CJC)

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Ambition North Wales

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4 Papers to note

12.40

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4.1 Follow-up to the committee meeting held on 4 June 2025: City and Growth Deals

(Pages 134 - 136)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to Cardiff Capital Region - 11 June 2025
Letter from the Chair to Growing Mid Wales - 11 June 2025

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4.2 International agreements: Amendments to the International Labour Convention on the Recognition of a Safe and Healthy Working Environment as a Fundamental Principle

(Page 137)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 12 June 2025

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4.3 Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget: Consultation with Senedd Committees on documentation supporting Draft Budget scrutiny

(Pages 138 - 141)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language - 16 June 2025

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4.4 Welsh Government's response to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee report: Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Data (Use and Access) Bill

(Pages 142 - 147)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 17 June 2025

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

12.40

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Private session

12.40 - 13.00

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6 City and Growth Deals: Consideration of evidence

12.40 - 12.50

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7 Feedback from visit to Port Talbot Steelworks Community Support Centre

12.50 - 13.00

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