Concise Minutes - Enterprise and Business Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Meeting time: 09.17 - 12.08
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3392

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	William Graham AM (Chair) Mick Antoniw AM Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Jeff Cuthbert AM Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Eluned Parrott AM Joyce Watson AM
Witnesses:	Ella Davidoff, Welsh Government Edwina Hart AM, The Minister for Economy, Science and Transport Teresa Holdsworth, Welsh Government Julie James AM, The Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology James Price, Welsh Government Kay Swinburne, MEP Derek Vaughan, MEP
Committee Staff:	Gareth Price (Clerk) Martha Da Gama Howells (Second Clerk) Rachel Jones (Deputy Clerk) Andrew Minnis (Researcher) Anne Thomas (Researcher)

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Transcript

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1 Private discussion with Members of the European Parliament

1.1 The Committee had a discussion with Derek Vaughan MEP and Kay Swinburne MEP.

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2 Introductions, Apologies and Substitutions

2.1 Apologies were received from Keith Davies AM and Gwenda Thomas AM.

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3 Scrutiny of the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology

3.1 Julie James AM, the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology and her officials answered questions from Members of the Committee.

3.2 Julie James AM, the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology offered to provide a copy of a report on a study conducted in England on student engagement with STEM subjects.

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4 Scrutiny of the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport

4.1 Edwina Hart AM, the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport and James Price answered questions from Members of the Committee.

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5 Papers to note

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5.1 Letter from William Graham AM to the Student Loans Company following the Draft Budget Scrutiny session on 14 January 2016

5.1.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

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5.2 Letter from the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport regarding TEN-T

5.2.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

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5.3 Further information provided by the Rail Freight Group

5.3.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

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5.4 Further information provided by the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport following the budget scrutiny session on 14 January 2016

5.4.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

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