Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 25 January 2018

Meeting time: 09.30 - 13.20
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4571

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Hefin David AM Vikki Howells AM Mark Isherwood AM David J Rowlands AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Julie James AM, Leader of the House and Chief Whip Richard Sewell, Welsh Government Caren Fullerton, Welsh Government Richard Ballantyne, British Ports Association Tim Reardon, UK Chamber of Shipping Callum Couper, Associated British Ports South Wales Ed Hunt, BT Wales Kim Mears, Openreach
Committee Staff:	Gareth Price (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Robin Wilkinson (Researcher) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received by Adam Price AM and Lee Waters AM

1.2 There were no substitutions

1.3 Joyce Watson declared she was a member on various Marine Conservations

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2 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from item 3

2.1 The Committee agreed the motion

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3 Consideration of draft report - Apprenticeships in Wales

3.1 The Committee discussed the draft report

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4 Leader of the House and Chief Whip - Digitalisation update (including Superfast Cymru)

4.1 Julie James AM, Richard Sewell and Caren Fullerton answered questions from Committee Members

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5 Devolution of ports powers under the Wales Act 2017 -  New Powers: New Possibilities

5.1 Richard Ballantyne, Tim Reardon, and Callum Couper answered questions from Committee Members

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6 Superfast Cymru session with Openreach - Digital infrastructure in Wales

6.1 Kim Mears and Ed Hunt answered questions from Committee Members

6.2 Kim Mears agreed to provide further details on the number of premises connected with FTTP technology under Superfast Cymru that are accessing superfast services from a provider other than BT? and

6.3 How many premises were told they were in scope of the Superfast Cymru project before the 31 December, only for the project to end before they had been connected?

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7 Paper(s) to note

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7.1 Correspondence from the Chair to the relevant bodies regarding transport planning at major events

7.2 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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