Agenda and minutes

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1.1 There were no apologies, substitutions or declarations.

Chris Hagg, Head of External Affairs, Celsa Steel

Jon Bolton, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Steel UK Plates & UK Steel Development

Dominic King, Head of Policy and Representation, UK Steel

Tata Steel Europe (representative TBC)

2.1 Chris Hagg, Jon Bolton, Dominic King and Martin Brunnock answered questions from Committee Members.

2.2 Martin Brunnock (Tata) agreed to provide details on the timescale for proposed funding from the Welsh Government Smart Cymru scheme for product development.

Tony Brady, Regional Co-Ordinating Officer, Unite

Jeff Beck, Organiser, GMB

Rob Edwards, Lead Organiser, Community

3.1 Tony Brady, Jeff Beck and Rob Edwards answered questions from Committee Members.

Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales

James Price, Deputy Permanent Secretary - Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Department

Gwenllian Roberts, Deputy Director - Energy and Steel, Economy and Infrastructure

4.1 The First Minister, James Price and Gwenllian Roberts answered questions from Committee Members.

4.2 The First Minister agreed to provide the Committee with a copy of the letter he sent to the Prime Minister regarding the Steel Industry.

5.1.1 The paper was noted by the Committee.

6.1.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

7.1 The Committee discussed the options paper relating to the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales inquiry.