Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Meeting time: 09.45 - 12.35
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4574

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Hefin David AM Vikki Howells AM Mark Isherwood AM Adam Price AM David J Rowlands AM Lee Waters AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	David Jones, Deeside Enterprise Zone Mark Langshaw, Ebbw Vale Enterprise Zone Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport Duncan Hamer, Welsh Government Mick McGuire, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Gareth Price (Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Davies (Legal Adviser) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Ben Stokes (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 There were no apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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2 Paper(s) to note

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2.1 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport following the Committee scrutiny session on 17 January

2.1.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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2.2 Correspondence from the Welsh Government to the Presiding Officer regarding the Ofcom Memorandum of Understanding

2.2.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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2.3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport regarding the Welsh Government publication 'Trade policy: the issues for Wales'

2.3.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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2.4 Correspondence from the Chair of the External Affairs and Additional Legislation (EAAL) Committee to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee regarding the EAAL report on 'How is the Welsh Government preparing for Brexit?'

2.4.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 5

3.1 The Committee agreed the motion

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4 Consideration of draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport - New Powers: New Possibilities

4.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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5 Consideration of Trade Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum

5.1 The Committee agreed the Trade Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum

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6 Chairs of the Enterprise Zone boards (Panel 2) - Enterprise Zones

6.1 David Jones and Mark Langshaw answered questions from Committee Members

6.2 Mark Langshaw agreed to provide further details on diversity and in particular figures on apprentices relating to Enterprise Zones

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7 Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport - Enterprise Zones

7.1 Ken Skates AM, Mick McGuire and Duncan Hamer answered questions from Committee Members

7.2 The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide further details regarding a survey that had been conducted on enterprise zones and he would share the detailed responses with us

7.3 Mick McGuire agreed to provide further details on Enhanced Capital Allowances

7.4 Duncan Hamer will send the Committee the breakdown of spend for each Enterprise Zone minus the infrastructure spending to see how much is spent on each Enterprise Zone

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