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Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee - Sixth Senedd (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 25 March 2026 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 25/03/2026 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee - Sixth Senedd

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Expected timing	No.	Item
09.30	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. 1.2 Apologies were received from Alun Davies MS in relation to item 2 only. 1.3 Under SO 17.24A, Luke Fletcher MS declared an interest at the start of the meeting.
09.30 - 10.15	2.	The Steel Industry in Wales - Panel 1 View the background to item 2. Ian Williams (Unite), Secretary, Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot Barrie Evans (Community), Chair, Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot Minutes: 2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Ian Williams (Unite), Secretary - Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot, and Barrie Evans (Community), Chair - Multi Union Committee, Tata Steel Port Talbot.
10.25 - 11.10	3.	The Steel Industry in Wales - Panel 2 View the background to item 3. Ceri Davies, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, 7 Steel UK Laura Thomas, Commercial Director, 7 Steel UK Minutes: 3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Ceri Davies, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at 7 Steel UK, and Laura Thomas, Commercial Director at 7 Steel UK.
11.20 - 12.05	4.	The Steel Industry in Wales - Panel 3 View the background to item 4. Russell Codling, Director of Sales, Tata Steel UK Vladyslav Darahan, Head of International Trade and Compliance, Tata Steel UK Minutes: 4.1 The Committee heard evidence from Russell Codling, Director of Sales at Tata Steel UK, and Vladyslav Darahan, Head of International Trade and Compliance at Tata Steel UK.
12.05	5.	Papers to note View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee noted the papers.
	5.1	Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement View the background to item 5.1 Supporting documents: Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Trade - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 17 March 2026 , item 5.1 PDF 166 KB
	5.2	Follow-up from the General Ministerial Scrutiny session on Trade and Borders held on 5 March 2026 View the background to item 5.2 Supporting documents: Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - 18 March 2026 , item 5.2 PDF 256 KB
	5.3	Future of Welsh Steel: Written evidence View the background to item 5.3 Supporting documents: Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales, UK Government - 24 March 2026 , item 5.3 PDF 451 KB
12.05	6.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee agreed the motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
12.05 - 12.25	7.	The Steel Industry in Wales: Consideration of evidence View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered and discussed the evidence received under Items 2, 3 and 4, and agreed to write to the First Minister and Secretary of State for Wales reflecting the key points from the session.

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