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Scrutiny of the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
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Meeting: 29/11/2012 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 City Regions, Enterprise Zones: Ministerial Scrutiny Session
Edwina Hart, Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Tracey Burke, Director Strategy, Welsh Government
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-38-12 Paper 2 Welsh Government City Regions and Enterprise Zones, item 3
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Minutes:
The Chair welcomed the Minister and her officials to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
Action points:
The Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science agreed to:
provide an update once the Enterprise Zones had been operational for 12 months (i.e in April 2013 for the initial five and September 2013 for the latter two) on the businesses attracted into Enterprise Zones, how Wales’s offer of Enterprise Zones is monitored and how it will be ensured that the offer is comparable to England’s offer.
provide a note on the use and intended benefits of Local Development Orders in Enterprise Zones and details of any LDOs currently in place or in development in each Zone.
provide the Committee with the key performance indicators that will be used to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Enterprise Zone policy.
provide details of any additional criteria against which businesses might be assessed further to those set out in the Minister’s letter to all Assembly Members on 27 November.
Meeting: 29/11/2012 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Business Rates: Ministerial Scrutiny Session
Edwina Hart, Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Professor Brian Morgan, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Director, Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre - Cardiff Metropolitan University
Tracey Burke, Director Strategy, Welsh Government
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The Chair welcomed the Minister and her officials to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
Action points:
The Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science agreed to:
provide a technical paper on the
calculation of Business Rates, relating to devolution issues in particular.
Meeting: 14/03/2012 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Ministerial Scrutiny session - Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
James Price, Director General, BETS
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister and her Officials. Members questioned the Minister.
3.2 The Minister agreed to provide a note on the following:
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The Government’s interpretation of the latest
- The conditions affecting match funding for different Welsh Government and EU funding programmes.
- The definition of “value for money” and how it has been assessed within your evaluation of the Wales Economic Growth Fund and its impact on the economy – when available.
- The Minister agreed to share with the Committee the exercise that is nearing completion on setting baselines and targets against which the impact of her department will be measured.
The Chair agreed to write to Minister for a written response on the outstanding questions from the session.
Meeting: 22/09/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Ministerial Scrutiny Session : Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science ( 11:00 - 12:00)
· Edwina Hart, Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-02-11 Paper 3 - Evidence from Edwina Hart, Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science (E), item 4
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Minutes:
4.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, and her officials to the meeting. Members questioned the Minister.
4.2 The Minister agreed to write to the Committee concerning the differences between regeneration and economic renewal following comments made by the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage in the earlier session.
4.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister with questions not reached in the session.