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Enterprise and Business Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 12:00 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Nick Ramsay (Chair) Byron Davies Keith Davies Julie James Alun Ffred Jones William Powell (In place of Eluned Parrott) David Rees Ken Skates Joyce Watson Leanne Wood |
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Witnesses: |
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Katy Chamberlain, Chwarae Teg, Welsh Council for Voluntary Action Berwyn Davies, Higher Education Wales Iestyn Davies, Federation of Small Business Neville Davies, Welsh Local Government Association Professor Richard B Davies, Higher Education Wales Phil Fiander, Director of Programmes, Welsh Council for Voluntary Action Professor Phil Gummett, Higher Education Funding Council Wales Lowri Gwilym, Welsh Local Government Association Peter Mortimer, Welsh Local Government Association |
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Committee Staff: |
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Siân Phipps (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Deputy Clerk) Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. Apologies had been received from Eluned Parrott, William Powell substituted.
2. Inquiry into the Draft Legislative Proposals for EU Structural Funds 2014-2020 : Evidence Session
2.1 The Chair welcomed Iestyn Davies, Professor Phil Gummett, Professor Richard B Davies, Greg Walker and Berwyn Davies to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
2.2 Higher Education Wales agreed to provide the Committee with information the number of FP7 projects currently in Wales.
3. Inquiry into the Draft Legislative Proposals for EU Structural Funds 2014-2020 : Evidence Session
3.1 The Chair welcomed Judith Stone, Phil Fiander, Katy Chamberlain, Lowri Gwilym, Neville Davies, and Peter Mortimer to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
3.2 WCVA witnesses agreed to provide the Committee with further information on successful research and development programmes across Europe which had used structural funds
4. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
4.1 The Chair moved a motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting under Standing Order 17.42.
4.2 Members agreed the motion and the meeting went private.
5. Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Discussion of Draft Report
5.1 The Committee discussed and agreed the report, subject to the proposed amendments being made.
6. Papers to note
6.1 The Committee discussed the amended terms of reference for the Procurement Task and Finish Group.
Transcript
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