Enterprise and Business Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 11 June 2015

 

 

 

Meeting time:

10.45 - 12.15

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3002

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

William Graham AM (Chair)

Mick Antoniw AM

Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM

Jeff Cuthbert AM

Keith Davies AM

Rhun ap Iorwerth AM

Joyce Watson AM

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Julie James AM, The Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology

Huw Morris, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning

Dr Rachel Garside-Jones, Skills Policy & Youth Engagement Division (Welsh Government)

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Gareth Price (Clerk)

Martha Da Gama Howells (Second Clerk)

Rachel Jones (Deputy Clerk)

Anne Thomas (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1   Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 Apologies were received from Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Gwenda Thomas and Eluned Parrott.

 

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2   Co-investment in Skills

2.1 Julie James, the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, Dr Rachel Garside-Jones and Huw Morris answered questions from Members of the Committee.

2.2 The Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology agreed to provide the following:

·         A map showing the whole of the Welsh Government’s investment and support for apprenticeships and training across each Ministerial portfolio and a timescale for the delivery of this map;

·         A copy of the UKCES' Employer Skills Survey.

 

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3   Papers to note

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3.1 City Regions

3.2 The paper was noted by the Committee.

 

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4   Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

4.1 The Committee agreed to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

 

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5   Employment Opportunities for People over 50

5.1 The Committee discussed the Draft Report on its Inquiry into Employment Opportunities for People over 50.

 

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