Meeting Venue:
Committee room 5
– Senedd
and video
conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 14 January
2026
Meeting time: 09.31 - 11.59
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15713
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Andrew RT Davies MS (Chair)
Hannah Blythyn MS
Alun Davies MS
Luke Fletcher MS
Samuel Kurtz MS
Jenny Rathbone MS
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Witnesses:
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Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of
Economics
Professor Nigel Driffield, University of
Warwick
Russell Greenslade, CBI Cymru
Howard Rupprecht, CS Connected
Gus Williams, Chambers Wales
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Committee Staff:
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Robert Donovan (Clerk)
Rachael Davies (Second Clerk)
Nicole Haylor-Mott (Deputy Clerk)
Gareth David Thomas (Researcher)
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed
everyone to the meeting.
1.2 All Members were
present at the meeting with no apologies received.
1.3 Under SO 17.24A,
Jenny Rathbone MS declared an interest at the start of the
meeting.
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2
Inward Investment: Panel 1
2.1 The Committee heard
evidence from Howard Rupprecht (CS Connected), Professor Nigel
Driffield (University of Warwick), and Professor Riccardo Crescenzi
(London School of Economics).
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3
Inward Investment: Panel 2
3.1 The Committee heard
evidence from Russell Greenslade (CBI Wales) and Gus Williams
(Chambers Wales).
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4
Papers to note
4.1 The Committee noted the
papers.
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4.1
Timetables for Bill scrutiny
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4.2
Follow-up from the General Ministerial
Scrutiny session held on 3 December 2025
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4.3
Follow-up information from the Scrutiny
of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 session held on 26
November 2025
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4.4
Inter-Institutional Relations
Agreement
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4.5
Farming Connect procurement
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4.6
Holyhead berthing incident, December
2025
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4.7
Follow-up information from the General
Ministerial Scrutiny session held on 1 October 2025
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4.8
Development of Tourism and Regulation of
Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill
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5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting
5.1 The Committee agreed the
motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.
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6
Inward Investment: Consideration of
evidence
6.1 The Committee
considered and discussed the evidence received under Items 2 and
3.
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