Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 1 – Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 21 January 2026

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 - 11.40

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Inward Investment: Panel 3

09.30 - 10.30 (Pages 1 - 18)

Jessica Hooper, Director, RenewableUK Cymru

Janis Richards, Membership Director – Wales, Make UK

Professor Max Munday, Director of Welsh Economy Research Unit – Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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Break

10.30 - 10.40

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3 Inward Investment: Panel 4

10.40 - 11.40 (Pages 19 - 22)

Ken Poole, Head of Economic Development, Cardiff Council

Councillor Dave Hughes, Leader, Flintshire County Council

Councillor Rob Stewart, Leader, Swansea Council

Attached Documents:
Evidence paper - Swansea Council

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4 Papers to note

11.40

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4.1 Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill

(Pages 23 - 29)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government response to the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee's stage 1 report - 12 January 2026

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4.2 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(Pages 30 - 31)

Attached Documents:
Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee - Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 9 January 2026
Celtic Heritage Agreement - Annual Report - Letter from the First Minister of Wales to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - 14 January 2026

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4.3 European Commission adoption of new data adequacy decisions with the UK

(Page 32)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning - 14 January 2026

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4.4 Follow-up from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session held on 3 December 2025

(Pages 33 - 37)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning - 14 January 2026

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4.5 Steel inquiry

(Pages 38 - 39)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Wales - 15 January 2026

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

11.40

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Private session

11.40 - 12.00

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6 Inward Investment: Consideration of evidence

11.40 - 11.55

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7 Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill: Order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings

11.55 - 12.00 (Pages 40 - 44)

Attached Documents:
Order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings

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