Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Ty Hywel

Contact: Helen Finlayson 

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(9:30 - 9:35)

1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.

 

(9:35 - 10:35)

2.

Devolved Funding: Borrowing Powers and Innovative Approaches to Capital Funding

FIN(4) 07-12 – Paper 1 – Welsh Government

 

Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance

Gerry Holtham, Infrastructure Investment Adviser

Andrew Jeffreys, Deputy Director, Strategic Capital Investment, Welsh Government

Jeff Andrews, Specialist Policy Adviser

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Chair welcomed Jane Hutt AM. Minister for Finance; Gerry Holtham, Infrastructure Investment Adviser; Andrew Jeffreys, Deputy Director, Strategic Capital Investment; and Jeff Andrews, Specialist Policy Adviser.

 

2.2 The Committee scrutinised the Minister.

 

2.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister requesting further information on questions which were not reached.

 

(10:35 - 11:20)

3.

Devolved Funding: Borrowing Powers and Innovative Approaches to Capital Funding

FIN(4) 07-12 – Paper 2 – Local Government Association

 

Stephen Jones, Director of Finance and Resources, Local Government Association

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Chair welcomed Stephen Jones, Director of Finance and Resources, Local Government Association.

 

3.2 The Committee questioned the witness.     

(11:30 - 12:15)

4.

Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales

Tidal Energy Ltd

FIN(4) 07-12 – Paper 3

 

Chris Williams, Development Director, Tidal Energy Ltd

 

Furnace Farm Ltd (Via Video Conference)

FIN(4) 07-12 – Paper 4

 

Katherine Himsworth, Furnace Farm Ltd

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Chair welcomed Chris Williams, Development Director, Tidal Energy Ltd. and Katherine Himsworth Director of Furnace Farm via Video Conference.

 

4.2 The Committee questioned the witnesses.

 

 

 

 

5.

Papers to note

FIN(4) 07-12 – Paper 5 – Correspondence from the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes re: JESSICA

 

FIN(4) 06-12 - Minutes of previous meeting

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee noted correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes regarding JESSICA.

 

5.2 The Committee ratified the minutes of the previous meeting. 

6.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

Items 7 and 8.

Minutes:

Items 7 to 8.

(12:15 - 12:25)

7.

Discussion of evidence - Devolved Funding: Borrowing Powers and Innovative Approaches to Capital Funding

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence on its inquiry into Devolved Funding: Borrowing Powers and Innovative Approaches to Capital Funding.

 

   

(12:25 - 12:35)

8.

Discussion of evidence - Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee discussed the evidence on its inquiry into the Effectiveness of European Structural Funding in Wales.  

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