, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Thank you. Tom.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Okay. Thank you. Briefly, Russell.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
On turning those leads into firm commitments, it's important for the committee to try and understand, following the evidence you just gave about attending trade shows, et cetera, and how the brand of Wales being at the forefront of those trade shows is…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
The point that you made about increased leads coming through the Welsh network and the Welsh offices as opposed to the Department for Business and Trade in Westminster has been highlighted by witnesses before us. Is that because there has been a change in…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Could that be accommodated, Cabinet Secretary?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Thank you. Alun, you had a supplementary.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Okay. [Interruption.] Go on, Russell.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Are those figures that you gave about key performance indicators and the business plan available to the public, and to this committee in this instance, so that we may be able to consider them? I don't think they were made available to the culture committee…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
Thank you very much. We've been having various evidence sessions about inward investment, Cabinet Secretary. The Prime Minister's on a trade mission/diplomatic mission to China today and, obviously, they're hopeful that they will secure trade deals from that…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward investment: Panel 5
If I could ask you, first of all, to introduce yourselves—and I'll start with the Cabinet Secretary, then go to Heledd, then Russell—and the positions that you hold for the record, please. Cabinet Secretary.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Thank you. Any other declarations of interest? No. I don't see any other declarations of interest. I'm sure that the Cabinet Secretary is familiar with the way that proceedings operate, but just in case officials aren't, the microphones come on automatically…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Thank you, Tom.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning and welcome to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee and to our evidence-gathering session with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning in relation to inward investment, and her officials. Before I invite you to introduce…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, for that answer. Again, the quality journalism at Wales Online has brought forward a report that the health board has kept under wraps in the sterilisation and decontamination unit at that hospital, where a report was finalised in…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's engagement with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board regarding the running of the University Hospital of Wales? OQ63748
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Can I move the motion to move into private session? Thank you. We'll move into private session. Thank you.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Papers to note
Could I invite committee members to look at the papers to note? Any issues from the papers to note? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Thank you, everyone, for your evidence today. There were some other questions we were going to ask about local procurement in support of businesses. If we may send them in written form to you and if you could provide answers, if you feel able to, please do…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Councillor Hughes, did you want to add anything to it, and then Jenny Rathbone had a supplementary that she wanted to put. Okay, we'll go straight to Jenny's question.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Okay, thank you. Luke.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Yes, but the point you made was about public intervention. The public has intervened by buying that piece of ground for £7.2 million—
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Just before I ask Luke to conclude the questioning, that can't be right, what you just said about grade A office space. The Welsh Government bought a plot of land on Callaghan Square for £7.2 million, you as a council were under-bidders; it's standing idle…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Sam.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 4
Sorry, Mr Poole, I didn't understand the point that you made when you said that other agencies were involved that wouldn't have been involved. I think you were referring to a Welsh aspect there, but then you moved on to England. What would those agencies be…
