Concise Minutes - Enterprise and Business Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.01
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3314

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	William Graham AM (Chair) Mick Antoniw AM Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Jeff Cuthbert AM Keith Davies AM Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Eluned Parrott AM
Witnesses:	Geraint Green, Welsh Government Ian Menzies, Joint Chair of the Innovation Advisory Council for Wales Adam Price, Joint Chair of the Innovation Advisory Council for Wales Richard Rossington, Welsh Government Julie Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales
Committee Staff:	Gareth Price (Clerk) Martha Da Gama Howells (Second Clerk) Rachel Jones (Deputy Clerk) Ben Stokes (Researcher) Anne Thomas (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 Apologies were received from Joyce Watson AM and Gwenda Thomas AM.

1.2 Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM declared he is the Chancellor of Bangor University.

1.3 Eluned Parrott AM declared her husband works for a Higher Education Institution.

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2 Scrutiny of the Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales

2.1 Professor Julie Williams, Geraint Green and Richard Rossington answered questions from Members of the Committee.

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3 Scrutiny of the Innovation Advisory Council for Wales

3.1 Ian Menzies and Adam Price answered questions from Members of the Committee.

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4 Papers to note

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4.1 Draft Wales Bill

4.1.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

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

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

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6 Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill

6.1 The Committee noted and agreed the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.

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7 Consideration of the draft report on Rugby World Cup Transport Planning

7.1 The Committee discussed the draft report on Rugby World Cup Transport Planning.

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8 Spring 2016 Forward Work Programme

8.1 The Committee agreed the Forward Work Programme.

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