Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Meeting time: 09.21 - 12.33
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4863

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Vikki Howells AM Mark Isherwood AM Adam Price AM David J Rowlands AM Lee Waters AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Profesor Calvin Jones, Cardiff Business School Matt Fenech, Future Advocacy Leighton Jenkins, CBI Cymru Professor Simon Blackmore, Harper Adams University Christopher Hoskins, Agrii Jason Llewellin, J Llewellin & Co Catherine Phillips, Business in the Community
Committee Staff:	Gareth Price (Clerk) Abigail Phillips (Second Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Katy Orford (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received by Hefin David AM

1.2 There were no substitutions or declarations of interest

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2 Scene setting - Automation and the Welsh Economy

2.1 Professor Calvin Jones, Leighton Jenkins, Matt Fenech and Catherine Phillips answered questions from Committee Members

2.2 Leighton Jenkins agreed to write to the committee regarding a question raised by Mark Isherwood AM that disabled people might be adversely affected by Artificial Intelligence changes

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3 Precision agriculture - Automation and the Welsh Economy

3.1 Professor Simon Blackmore, Chris Hoskins and Jason Llewellin answered questions from Committee Members

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4 Paper(s) to note

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4.1 Letter from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee to the Director General – Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Group regarding the UK Government Digital Service

4.1.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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4.2 Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair regarding the State of the Roads inquiry

4.2.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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4.3 Letter from the Chair to the Auditor General for Wales regarding the State of the Roads inquiry

4.3.1 The letter 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 the motion

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6 Consideration of draft report - Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013

6.1 The Committee discussed the draft report

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7 Feedback on Committee visits to Amazon and Swansea University - Automation and the Welsh Economy

7.1 The Committee discussed the recent visit to Amazon and Swansea University

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8 Discussion of the pre-appointment hearing process - National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

8.1 The Committee discussed the pre-appointment hearing process - National Infrastructure Commission for Wales

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9 Community transport update

9.1 The Committee discussed the community transport update

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