Enterprise and Business Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 24 November 2011

 

 

 

Meeting time:

11:30 - 12:23

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_200000_24_11_2011&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Nick Ramsay (Chair)

Byron Davies

Keith Davies

Julie James

Alun Ffred Jones

Eluned Parrott

David Rees

Ken Skates

Joyce Watson

Leanne Wood

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Huw Lewis, Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage

Rosemary Thomas, Welsh Government

Steffan Roberts, Welsh Government

Chris Warner, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Siân Phipps (Clerk)

Meriel Singleton (Deputy Clerk)

Ben Stokes (Researcher)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting.  There were no apologies.

 

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2.  Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres: Ministerial Scrutiny Session

2.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister and his officials to the meeting.

 

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide the Committee with the following additional information on:

·         Planning policies which cover the criteria for need with regards retail.

·          A list of the proposals referred to the Design Commission for Wales review service.

·         A comparison of the current provision of grants with the amounts allocated historically by the Welsh Development Agency (WDA) prior to their merger into the Welsh Government.

·         A breakdown of the £8 million allocated to Cardiff Bay from the Minister’s budget.

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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