Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 3 - Senedd
Meeting date: Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Meeting
time: 09.04 -
11.02
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3344
Category |
Names |
Assembly Members: |
Darren Millar AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Jocelyn Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Sandy Mewies AM Julie Morgan AM Jenny Rathbone AM Aled Roberts AM |
Witnesses: |
Debra Barber, Cardiff Airport Roger Lewis, Cardiff Airport |
Committee Staff: |
Fay Buckle (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) Matthew Mortlock (Wales Audit Office) Ben Robertson (Wales Audit Office) |
View the meeting transcript.
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.
1.2 No apologies were received.
1.3 Jocelyn Davies declared an interest as a family member is employed by Thomson Airways at Cardiff Airport but was not based there during the time of the acquisition.
2.1 The paper was noted.
3.1 The Committee took evidence from Roger Lewis, Chair, and Debra Barber, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Cardiff Airport as part of the inquiry in to the Welsh Government’s acquisition and ownership of Cardiff Airport
3.2 Debra Barber agreed to provide figures on inward passenger throughput and the airport’s capacity during the Rugby World Cup and the NATO Summit.
3.3 Roger Lewis extended an invitation to the Committee to undertake a visit to see the improvements made to the infrastructure at the airport.
4.1 The motion was agreed.
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
6.1 The Committee considered and agreed the draft report subject to a small number of minor changes.