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Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 30 November 2023 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 30/11/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
(09.30)	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. 1.2 Apologies were received from Buffy Williams MS and Hefin David MS. Mike Hedges MS attended as a substitute for Buffy Williams MS. There were no declarations of interest.
(09.30)	2.	Papers to note View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The Committee noted the papers.
	2.1	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 and Cost of Living View the background to item 2.1 Supporting documents: Letter from Disability Wales - 19 October 2023 , item 2.1 PDF 325 KB
	2.2	The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 View the background to item 2.2 Supporting documents: Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 24 October 2023 , item 2.2 PDF 202 KB
	2.3	Responses to the Committee's report: Post-EU regional development funding View the background to item 2.3 Supporting documents: UK Government's response - 24 October 2023 , item 2.3 PDF 9 MB Welsh Government's response - 27 October 2023 , item 2.3 PDF 194 KB
	2.4	Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee View the background to item 2.4 Supporting documents: Letter from the Minister for Economy - 23 November 2023 , item 2.4 PDF 382 KB Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Economy - 26 October 2023 , item 2.4 PDF 132 KB Letter from Jones Bros. Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co. Ltd - 27 September 2023 , item 2.4 PDF 195 KB
	2.5	Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization - Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies View the background to item 2.5 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 26 October 2023 , item 2.5 PDF 75 KB Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 21 November 2023 , item 2.5 PDF 181 KB
	2.6	Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee report: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill View the background to item 2.6 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to Committee Chairs - 2 November 2023 , item 2.6 PDF 104 KB Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Minister for Climate Change - 2 November 2023 , item 2.6 PDF 104 KB
	2.7	The Habitat Wales Scheme (HWS) View the background to item 2.7 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 10 November 2023 , item 2.7 PDF 112 KB Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 10 November 2023 - Annex A , item 2.7 PDF 152 KB
	2.8	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 View the background to item 2.8 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs - 14 November 2023 , item 2.8 PDF 109 KB
	2.9	Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade View the background to item 2.9 Supporting documents: Letter from the Minister for Economy - 16 November 2023 , item 2.9 PDF 107 KB Updated letter from the Minister for Economy - 16 November 2023 , item 2.9 PDF 151 KB
	2.10	The Official Controls (Establishment Lists) (Revocation) Regulations 2023 View the background to item 2.10 Supporting documents: Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 17 November 2023 , item 2.10 PDF 136 KB Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd - 18 October 2023 , item 2.10 PDF 186 KB
	2.11	The Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill View the background to item 2.11 Supporting documents: Letter from the Minister for Economy - 23 November 2023 , item 2.11 PDF 116 KB
(09.30-10.15)	3.	Inquiry: Research and Development: Funding bodies View the background to item 3. Harriet Barnes, Director of Policy and Funding, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Dean Cook, Director, Place and Levelling Up, Innovate UK Dan Shah, Director of Investment Strategy and System Insight, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Supporting documents: Evidence paper - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales , item 3. PDF 409 KB Minutes: 3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on research and development. 3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the panel with questions not reached during the session.
(10.20-11.05)	4.	Inquiry: Research and Development: Higher Education View the background to item 4. Amanda Wilkinson, Director, Universities Wales Professor Roger Whitaker, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise at Cardiff University, Universities Wales Lewis Dean, Head of the Wales Innovation Network Supporting documents: Evidence paper - Universities Wales , item 4. PDF 256 KB Additional evidence paper - Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University , item 4. PDF 191 KB Minutes: 4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on research and development. 4.2 The Committee agreed to write to the panel with questions not reached during the session. 4.3 Universities Wales advised that they carried out some economic impact work which looked across all Welsh regions down to sub-regional level which showed that Universities have impact even if not located in that area, and agreed to write to the Committee to provide further detail.
(11.10-12.00)	5.	Inquiry: Research and Development: Business View the background to item 5. Professor Justin Lewis, Director, Media Cymru Andy Silcox, Research Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre Cymru Professor Pete Burnap, Director of the Wales Cyber Innovation Hub (CIH) Minutes: 5.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on research and development. 5.2 The Committee agreed to write to the panel with questions not reached during the session.
(13.05-13.50)	6.	The Future of Welsh Steel: Trade Unions View the background to item 6. Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, National Officer, Manufacturing, GMB Union Alasdair McDiarmid, Assistant General Secretary, Community Union Peter Hughes, Wales Secretary, Unite the Union Minutes: 6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the panel on the future of Welsh steel.
(13.50)	7.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for items 1, 2 and 3 of the meeting on 13 December 2023 View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 The Motion to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for items 1, 2 and 3 of the meeting on 13 December 2023 was agreed.
(13.50-14.00)	8.	Consideration of evidence following the meeting View the background to item 8. Minutes: 8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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