Concise Minutes - Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Friday, 16 November 2018

Meeting time: 10.00 - 11.58
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5249

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Ann Jones AM (Chair) Mick Antoniw AM Russell George AM John Griffiths AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Bethan Sayed AM Dai Lloyd AM Lynne Neagle AM Nick Ramsay AM David Rees AM
Witnesses:	Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales Jo Salway, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Graeme Francis (Clerk) Kathryn Thomas (Second Clerk) Matthew Richards (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Apologies were received from David Rowlands, Jayne Bryant and Mike Hedges.

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2 Ministerial Scrutiny Session: The First Minister's Time in Office (2009 - 2018)

The Committee scrutinised the First Minister on aspects of the work of the Welsh Government during his time as First Minister.

The First Minister agreed to ask officials to include an investigation of the differential in wages for film industry employees in Wales compared to England as part of the work they are doing in relation to Welsh Government funding for the film industry in Wales.

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3 Ministerial Scrutiny Session - Topical Matters

Members asked the First Minister questions on topical matters.

The First Minister agreed to write to the Home Office to ask them to reconsider visa applications for the young actors wishing to travel to Wales from India to film Jungle Cry.

The Chair thanked the First Minister and Jo Salway for attending the meeting.  She also thanked the First Minister for his engagement with the Committee and for supporting the Committee’s policy of holding meetings outside of Cardiff.

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4 Paper(s) to note

The paper was noted.

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

The Motion was not moved.

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6 Discussion of Evidence from Preceding Session

The Committee did not move the motion to meet in private to discuss the evidence from the previous session.

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