Concise Minutes - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Meeting time: 09.38 - 11.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5954

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Russell George AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Hefin David AM Vikki Howells AM Helen Mary Jones AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Ken Skates AM, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales Simon Jones, Welsh Government Rebecca Johnson, Welsh Government Gill Davies, Welsh Government Andrew Clark, Deputy Director Further Education and Apprenticeship Division, Welsh Government Dean Medcraft, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Robert Donovan (Clerk) Lara Date (Second Clerk) Robert Lloyd-Williams (Deputy Clerk) Phil Boshier (Researcher) Francesca Howorth (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 There were no apologies, substitutions or declarations of interest

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2 Paper(s) to note

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2.1 Letter from Chair to Chief Executive Officer, Cardiff Airport re Regional and Business Airports Group study

2.1.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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2.2 Letter from Chair to Minister for Housing and Local Government re National Development Framework

2.2.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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2.3 Letter from Chair to Secretary of State for Wales re City and Growth Deals for Wales

2.3.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

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3 General Ministerial Scrutiny on Transport

3. Ken Skates AM, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, Simon Jones, Director Economic Infrastructure, Welsh Government, Huw Morris, Director, Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, Welsh Government, and Sioned Evans, Director Business and Regions, Welsh Government answered questions from Committee Members

3.1. The Minister has agreed to provide the Committee with further details as discussed at the meeting

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3.1 General Ministerial Scrutiny on Employability Support

3.1.1 Ken Skates AM, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, Andrew Clark, Deputy Director, Employability & Skills Welsh Government and Dean Medcraft, Director, Finance, Operations and Commercial, Welsh Government answered questions from Committee Members.

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