Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 7 March 2019

Meeting time: Times Not Specified
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5294

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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Russell George AM (Chair)

Hefin David AM

Vikki Howells AM

Mark Reckless AM

David J Rowlands AM

Joyce Watson AM

Witnesses:

Mark Harris, Home Builders Federation

Tim Stone, Redrow Homes Limited

Jane Carpenter, Redrow Homes Limited

Daryl Jones, Persimmon Homes East Wales

Gareth Davies, Coastal Housing Group

Simon Gales, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Ian Stevens, Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru

Ian Wyatt, Welsh water

Committee Staff:

Gareth Price (Clerk)

Lara Date (Second Clerk)

Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1  Apologies were received by Jack Sargeant AM and Bethan Sayed AM

1.2 Sian Gwenllian AM substituted for Bethan Sayed AM

1.3Mark Reckless declared shares in Redrow Homes

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2       Paper(s) to note

2.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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3       Barriers facing small home building firms: Large home building firms

3.1 Tim Stone, Jane Carpenter, Daryl Jones and Mark Harris answered questions from Committee Members

3.2 Jane Carpenter Redrow Homes and Daryl Jones Persimmon Homes have agreed to provide further details on the proportion of people they are employing and subcontracting from within Wales on the Wales house building and also potentially within the Valleys area.

Redrow Homes and Persimmon Homes have also agreed to provide the committee with further details on the diversity programme and the apprenticeship levy.

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4       Barriers facing small home building firms: Planning

4.1 Ian Stevens, Gareth Davies and Simon Gale answered questions from Committee Members

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5       Barriers facing small home building firms: Welsh Water

5.1 Ian Wyatt answered questions from Committee Members

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from item 7 and 8

6.1 The Committee agreed the motion

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7       Scoping paper: Improving Public Transport White Paper

7.1 The Scoping paper was agreed by the Committee

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8       Draft report: Autumn Rail Disruption

8.1 The Committee discussed the draft report

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