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Finance Committee |
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Meeting Venue: |
Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 5 December 2012 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 10:45 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Jocelyn Davies (Chair) Peter Black Christine Chapman Paul Davies Mike Hedges Ann Jones Julie Morgan Ieuan Wyn Jones |
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Witnesses: |
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Gretel Leeb, Living Wales Programme Kevin Ingram, Finance Manager, Environment Agency Wales |
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Committee Staff: |
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Gareth Price (Clerk) Daniel Collier (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Eleanor Roy (Researcher) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) Kerry Dearden (Researcher) Ben Stokes (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.
2. Invest to Save - Natural Resources Wales
2.1 The Chair welcomed Gretel Leeb, Senior Responsible Officer, Living Wales programme; and Rob Bell, Finance Department, Living Wales Programme.
2.2 The Committee questioned the witnesses.
Action points:
Living Wales Programme agreed to provide:
· Further information on the borrowing powers available to the Living Wales Programme to fund the establishment of the single environment body.
· Further information on what the environmental improvements and services to people and businesses would be from the total project savings.
3. Papers to note
3.1The Committee noted the papers, including an additional private paper on the Silk Commission. The minutes of the meeting on 21 November 2012 were also noted.
4. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
Items 5 to 7
5. Consideration of evidence on Invest to Save
5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received on its inquiry into Invest to Save.
6. Consideration of draft report 'The Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales'
6.1 The Committee agreed its draft report ‘The Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales'.
7. Consideration of work programme for the spring term 2013
7.1 The Committee discussed its draft forward programme for the spring term 2013.
Transcript
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