Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Meeting time: 09.31 - 12.39
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5151

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Hefin David AM Vikki Howells AM David J Rowlands AM Bethan Sayed AM Jack Sargeant AM (In place of Lee Waters AM) Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Kirsty Williams AM, Minister for Education Prof Peter Halligan, Learned Society of Wales Huw Morris, Welsh Government Bill Kelly, Network Rail Tim James, Network Rail Alison Thompson, Network Rail Tom Joyner, Arriva Trains Wales James Price, Transport for Wales Nass Dadkah, Metropolitan Railway Consultants Ltd
Committee Staff:	Gareth Price (Clerk) Lara Date (Second Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Phil Boshier (Researcher) Andrew Minnis (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 There were no apologies

1.2  Jack Sargeant AM substituted for Lee Waters AM

1.3 There were no declarations of interest

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

2.2 The attached document was noted by the Committee

2.3 The Welsh Government response was noted by the Committee

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3 Research and Innovation evidence session with the Minister for Education

3.1 Kirsty Williams AM, Huw Morris and Professor Peter Halligan answered questions from Committee Members

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4 Autumn rail disruption inquiry: Network Rail

4.1 Bill Kelly, Alison Thompson and Tim James answered questions from Committee Members

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5 Autumn rail disruption inquiry: Arriva Trains Wales

5.1 Tom Joyner answered questions from Committee Members

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6 Autumn rail disruption inquiry: Transport for Wales

6.1 James Price and Nass Dadkah answered questions from Committee Members

6.2 James Price has agreed to send to the committee figures about bringing in an additional 116 carriages to the fleet, and details on what structures and shared targets have been establishes between TfW and Network Rail in the new franchise.

6.3 James Price has also promised to send to the Committee the final report on the Autumn investigation

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