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Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 14 January 2026 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 14/01/2026 - 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 All Members were present at the meeting with no apologies received. 1.3 Under SO 17.24A, Jenny Rathbone MS declared an interest at the start of the meeting.
09.30 - 10.30	2.	Inward Investment: Panel 1 View the background to item 2. Howard Rupprecht, Managing Director, CS Connected Professor Nigel Driffield, Professor in Strategy and International Business Group – Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, Professor of Economic Geography, and Deputy Head of Department (Research), London School of Economics Supporting documents: Evidence paper - CSconnected , item 2. PDF 305 KB Minutes: 2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Howard Rupprecht (CS Connected), Professor Nigel Driffield (University of Warwick), and Professor Riccardo Crescenzi (London School of Economics).
10.40 - 11.40	3.	Inward Investment: Panel 2 View the background to item 3. Russell Greenslade, Director, CBI Wales Gus Williams, CEO, Chambers Wales Minutes: 3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Russell Greenslade (CBI Wales) and Gus Williams (Chambers Wales).
11.40	4.	Papers to note View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The Committee noted the papers.
	4.1	Timetables for Bill scrutiny View the background to item 4.1 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair to the Llywydd, and Chair of the Business Committee - 19 December 2025 , item 4.1 PDF 151 KB
	4.2	Follow-up from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session held on 3 December 2025 View the background to item 4.2 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 19 December 2025 , item 4.2 PDF 123 KB
	4.3	Follow-up information from the Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 session held on 26 November 2025 View the background to item 4.3 Supporting documents: Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 19 December 2025 , item 4.3 PDF 210 KB
	4.4	Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement View the background to item 4.4 Supporting documents: Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 22 December 2025 , item 4.4 PDF 161 KB
	4.5	Farming Connect procurement View the background to item 4.5 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 5 January 2026 , item 4.5 PDF 100 KB
	4.6	Holyhead berthing incident, December 2025 View the background to item 4.6 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales - 5 January 2026 , item 4.6 PDF 134 KB
	4.7	Follow-up information from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session held on 1 October 2025 View the background to item 4.7 Supporting documents: Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs - 5 January 2026 , item 4.7 PDF 274 KB
	4.8	Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill View the background to item 4.8 Supporting documents: Welsh Government response to the Finance Committee's stage 1 report , item 4.8 PDF 192 KB Welsh Government response to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee's stage 1 report , item 4.8 PDF 189 KB
11.40	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee agreed the motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.
11.40 - 11.55	6.	Inward Investment: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered and discussed the evidence received under Items 2 and 3.

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