Agenda - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 17 November 2016

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Gareth Price

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEIS@assembly.wales

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Private pre-meeting (09:00 - 09:15)

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<AI2>

Private pre-inquiry briefing - National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

(09:15 - 09:30)

Gareth David Thomas, Finance and Statistics, Research Service

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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2 Construction and Engineering sectors panel - National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

(09:30 - 10:30) (Pages 1 - 39)

Neil Sadler, ACE Cymru Wales, Chairman

Mark Bodger, Director of Strategic Partnerships, CITB Cymru Wales

Ed Evans, Director, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales

Mark Harries, Planning and Policy Advisor Wales, Home Builders Federation

Attached Documents:
Research brief
EIS(5)-10-16 (p1) ACE Cymru Wales
EIS(5)-10-16 (p2) CITB Cymru Wales
EIS(5)-10-16 (p3) Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales
EIS(5)-10-16 (p4) Home Builders Federation

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3 Paper(s) to note

3.1 </AI5>

<AI6>

Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Education regarding the Diamond Review

(Pages 40 - 43)

Attached Documents:
EIS(5)-10-15 (p5) Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Education regarding the Diamond Review

3.2 </AI6>

<AI7>

Letter from the Chair to the Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2017-18

(Pages 44 - 47)

Attached Documents:
EIS(5)-10-16 (p6) Letter from the Chair to the Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2017-18

3.3 </AI7>

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Letter from the Welsh Retail Consortium regarding the apprenticeship levy

(Pages 48 - 49)

Attached Documents:
EIS(5)-10-16 (p7) Letter from the Welsh Retail Consortium regarding the apprenticeship levy

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the next Committee meeting on 23 November 2016

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5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2017-18 - Consideration on the draft letters to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure and the Minister for Skills and Science

(10:30 - 10:45) (Pages 50 - 57)

Attached Documents:
EIS(5)-10-16 (p8) Draft letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure
EIS(5)-10-16 (p9) Draft letter from the Chair to the Minister for Skills and Science

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Private de-brief (10:45 - 11:00)

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<AI12>

Stakeholder event to discuss the proposed National Infrastructure

Commission for Wales - Conference rooms C&D (1st Floor, Ty Hywel)

(11:00 - 14:00)

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