Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 3 October 2019

Meeting time: 09.46 - 13.20
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5713

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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:	Gareth Bullock, Development Bank of Wales Giles Thorley, Development Bank of Wales David Staziker, Development Bank of Wales Rhian Elston, Development Bank of Wales Steve Cranston, United Welsh Adrian Johnson, Cartrefi Conwy Professor Kevin Morgan Professor Karel Williams, Manchester Business School Keith Edwards, Independent consultant
Committee Staff:	Robert Donovan (Clerk) Lara Date (Second Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Ben Stokes (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 There were no apologies, substitutions or declarations of interest

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2 Paper(s) to note

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2.1 Letter from the Minister for Housing and Local Government re National Infrastructure Commissioner for Wales

2.1.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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2.2 Letter from the Minister for Economy and Transport re new Chair of Cardiff International Airport Ltd (CIAL)

2.2.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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3 Annual report scrutiny with Development Bank of Wales

3.1 Gareth Bullock, Giles Thorley, David Staziker and Rhian Elston answered questions from Committee Members

3.2 The Committee will write to the Development Bank for Wales for further details on the potential  impact of Brexit and clarification of their figures in the Annual Report.

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4 Public Procurement in the Foundational Economy - Housing Associations

4.1 Adrian Johnson and Steve Cranston answered questions from Committee Members

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5 Public Procurement in the Foundational Economy - Academics

5.1 Professor Kevin Morgan, Professor Karel Williams and Keith Edwards answered questions from Committee Members

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