Agenda - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee room 3 – Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 25 March 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 - 12.05

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 The Steel Industry in Wales - Panel 1

09.30 - 10.15 (Pages 1 - 24)

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

Barrie Evans (Community), Chair, Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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Break

10.15 - 10.25

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3 The Steel Industry in Wales - Panel 2

10.25 - 11.10

Ceri Davies, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, 7 Steel UK

Laura Thomas, Commercial Director, 7 Steel UK

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Break

11.10 - 11.20

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4 The Steel Industry in Wales - Panel 3

11.20 - 12.05

Russell Codling, Director of Sales, Tata Steel UK

Vladyslav Darahan, Head of International Trade and Compliance, Tata Steel UK

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5 Papers to note

12.05

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5.1 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(Page 25)

Attached Documents:
Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 17 March 2026

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5.2 Follow-up from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session on Trade and Borders held on 5 March 2026

(Pages 26 - 31)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 18 March 2026

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

12.05

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Private session

12.05 - 12.25

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7 The Steel Industry in Wales: Consideration of evidence

12.05 - 12.25

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