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Cardiff Airport

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 06/11/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Andrew Slade, Director General Economy, Energy and Transport Group - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding Cardiff Airport

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2.2 The Committee agreed to write to Andrew Slade.

Meeting: 05/11/2025 - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Item 3)

3 Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Andrew Slade, Director, Economy, Energy and Transport - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding Cardiff Airport

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2.1 The Committee agreed to write to Welsh Government.

 

Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 4)

4 Letter from Andrew Slade, Director General Economy, Energy and Transport Group - Welsh Government to the Chair regarding Cardiff Airport

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4.3 The Committee agreed to write to Welsh Government.

Meeting: 05/06/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Dave Lees, CEO, Bristol Airport Limited to Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy, and Planning regarding Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 04/06/2025 - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Item 3)

3 Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 09/01/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 1.)

Committee visit

The Committee will undertake a visit to Cardiff Airport to further inform its ongoing inquiry on the Airport.

Meeting: 06/11/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Response from Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Energy and Transport Group - Welsh Government to the Chair with follow-up questions from the evidence session of 19 September 2024

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Meeting: 06/11/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Chair to Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Energy and Transport Group - Welsh Government with follow-up questions from the evidence session of 19 September 2024

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Meeting: 17/10/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee regarding Cardiff Airport

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2.2 The Committee agreed to follow up regarding Cardiff Airport in its evidence session on 22 January.

Meeting: 16/10/2024 - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Item 4)

4 Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 19/09/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee to the First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Transport and North Wales on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 19/09/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Director General for Economy, Energy and Transport Group on Cardiff Airport CMA investigation

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Meeting: 19/09/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Director General for Economy, Energy and Transport Group with an update on Cardiff Airport.

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Meeting: 19/09/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 5)

Consideration of Evidence - Cardiff Airport

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5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to the Government to seek further information on points raised during the evidence session.

Meeting: 19/09/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 3)

3 Evidence Session - Cardiff Airport

Welsh Government Officials

Andrew Slade - Director General for Economy, Energy and Transport

Stephen Rowan - Deputy Director, National and International Connectivity

 

Cardiff Airport Officials

Spencer Birns - Chief Executive Officer
Wayne Harvey - Chairman

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3.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the evidence session on Cardiff Airport.

Meeting: 29/11/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Director General for the Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 16/11/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Director General, Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group on Cardiff Airport Next Generation Security Scanners

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Meeting: 12/10/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Tracey Burke, Director General for the Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group, on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Chief Executive of Cardiff Airport to the Chair of PAPAC

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Meeting: 22/06/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 6)

Cardiff Airport: Consideration of the evidence received

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6.1 The Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 22/06/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 5)

Cardiff Airport: Private session with Cardiff Airport and the Welsh Government

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5.1 The Members questioned the witnesses privately on Cardiff Airport.

Meeting: 22/06/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 3)

3 Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with Cardiff Airport and the Welsh Government

 

Cardiff Airport Officials:

-       Wayne Harvey – Chair

-       Spencer Birns – Chief Executive Officer

-       Jonathan Stott – Finance Director

 

Welsh Government:

-       Tracey Burke – Director General of Climate Change and Rural Affairs

-       Peter McDonald - Director Economic Infrastructure

-       Jonathan Moody - Head of Aviation

 

 

 

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3.1 The Members questioned the witnesses on Cardiff Airport.

Meeting: 07/06/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Welsh Government in relation to an additional target for Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 07/06/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Welsh Government in response to the Committee's letter of 6 April on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 30/03/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Welsh Government on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2.1)

2.1 Letter from the Welsh Government to the Committee Chair on Wizz Air at Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 06/10/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 6.)

6. Letter from the Welsh Government on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 06/10/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2.1)

2.1 Letter from the Welsh Government on Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 21/09/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Cardiff Airport - Response to a letter from the Chair of PAPAC

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Meeting: 21/09/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Welsh Government in relation to Wizz Air at Cardiff Airport

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Meeting: 29/06/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 7)

Cardiff Airport: Consideration of the evidence received

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7.1 The Members considered the evidence received and agreed to write to the witnesses on a number of points.

Meeting: 29/06/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 5)

5 Cardiff Airport: Evidence session with the Welsh Government

Tracey Burke -  Director General, Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government

Jonathan Moody - Head of Aviation, Ports and Logistics

Stephen Rowan - Deputy Director National & International Connectivity

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5.1 The Committee held an evidence session with Tracey Burke, Stephen Rowan and Jonathan Moody from the Welsh Government on Cardiff Airport.

Meeting: 29/06/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 4)

Cardiff Airport: Private session with Cardiff Airport and the Welsh Government

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4.1 The Committee held a private evidence session with witnesses from Cardiff Airport and from the Welsh Government on Cardiff Airport.

Meeting: 29/06/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Cardiff Airport: Evidence Session with Cardiff Airport

Spencer Birns – Chief Executive Officer, Cardiff Airport

Wayne Harvey – Chairman, Cardiff Airport

David Walters – Chief Financial Officer, Cardiff Airport

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2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Spencer Birns, Wayne Harvey, and David Walters on Cardiff Airport

Meeting: 26/01/2022 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 3.1)

3.1 Cardiff Airport: Committee Correspondence

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Meeting: 03/11/2021 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 6)

Cardiff Airport - Consideration of the evidence received

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6.1 The Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 03/11/2021 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 3)

3 Cardiff Airport - Evidence session with the Welsh Government

Andrew Slade – Director General, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

Steve Vincent - Interim Director, Economic Infrastructure, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

John Howells – Director, Climate Change, Energy & Planning, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

Jonathan Moody - Head of Aviation, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

 

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3.1 The Committee received evidence from Andrew Slade, Steve Vincent, John Howells and Jonathan Moody of the Welsh Government.

3.2 Andrew Slade agreed to provide some additional information on a number of points raised.

Meeting: 03/11/2021 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Cardiff Airport - Evidence session with Cardiff Airport

Spencer Birns – Chief Executive Officer, Cardiff Airport

Wayne Harvey – Chairman, Cardiff Airport

David Walters – Chief Financial Officer, Cardiff Airport

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2.1 The Committee received evidence from Spencer Birns, Chief Executive, Wayne Harvey, Chairman and David Walters, Chief Financial Officer of Cardiff Airport.

2.2 The witnesses agreed to provide some additional information on a number of points raised.

 

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