Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Meeting time: 09.35 - 12.35
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5482

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Hefin David AM Vikki Howells AM Bethan Sayed AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Llŷr ap Gareth, Federation of Small Businesses Cymru Adrian Greason-Walker, Wales Tourism Alliance Eric Leenders, UK Finance Chris Larmer, The Co-operative Bank Matt Brown, Preston City Council
Committee Staff:	Robert Donovan (Clerk) Gareth Price (Clerk) Lara Date (Second Clerk)

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1 Private Session - Access to Banking: Focus Group and Survey Results

1.1 The members discussed the focus group and survey results

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2 Private Session - Draft Report: Improving Public Transport - Committee Response to Welsh Government White Paper

2.1 The Committee discussed the draft report

2.2 The draft report was agreed subject to changes

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3 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

3.1 There were no apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest.

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4 Paper(s) to note

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4.1 Correspondence from Chair to Keith Williams re the Williams Rail Review

4.1.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

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4.2 Welsh Government Response to Committee Report - The Future Development of Transport for Wales

4.2.1 The response was noted by the Committee

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4.3 Transport for Wales Response to the Committee Report - The Future Development of Transport for Wales

4.3.1 The response was noted by the Committee

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5 Access to Banking: Banking Services

5.1 Eric Leenders and Chris Larmer answered questions from Committee members

5.2 Eric Leenders agreed to provide further details on the process of obtaining a banking licence

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6 Access to Banking and the Foundational Economy: Preston City Council

6.1 Councillor Matthew Brown answered questions from Committee members

6.2 Councillor Matthew Brown agreed to provide further information on Preston City Council’s approach to long term sustainability for the collaborative bidding process 

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7 Access to Banking: Impact on Business

7.1 Llyr ap Gareth and Adrian Greason-Walker answered questions from Committee members

7.2 Llyr ap Gareth agreed to provide further information on the Federation of Small Businesses interaction with the Joint Authority Cash Strategy Group

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