Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Meeting time: 09.33 - 12.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5484

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Hefin David AM Mick Antoniw AM (In place of Vikki Howells AM) Bethan Sayed AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Ken Skates AM, Minister for Economy and Transport Simon Jones, Welsh Government Dean Medcraft, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Lara Date (Second Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received by Vikki Howells AM

1.2 Mick Antoniw substituted for Vikki Howells AM

1.3 There were no declarations of interest

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2 Paper(s) to note

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2.1 Letter from Chair to Minister for Economy and Transport re Common Frameworks

2.1.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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2.11 Letter from the Minister for Economy and Transport to Chair re the Williams Rail Review

2.2.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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2.3 Further information from the National Federation of SubPostmasters re Access to Banking

2.3.1 The additional information was noted by the Committee

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3 In-Year Financial Scrutiny with the Minister for Economy and Transport

3.1 Ken Skates AM, Simon Jones and Dean Meadcraft answered questions from Committee Members

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide further details on the M4 Relief Road – treatment of VAT in reporting cost estimates.  The Minister also agreed to provide further details on the South East Wales Transport Commission

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4 Consideration of Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill

4.1 The Committee agreed the Legislative Consent Memorandum

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

5.1 The Committee agreed the motion

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6 Discussion of In-Year Financial Scrutiny Evidence

6.1 The Committee discussed the In-Year Financial Scrutiny Evidence

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7 Draft Report: Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill

7.1 The Committee agreed the Legislative Consent Memorandum

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8 Key Themes Paper: Access to Banking

8.1 The Committee discussed the Access to Banking Key Themes Paper

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9 Key Themes Paper: Regional Skills Partnerships

9.1. The Committee discussed the Regional Skills Partnership Key Themes Paper

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