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Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru the National Assembly for Wales Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru The National Assembly for Wales Y Pwyllgor Menter a Busnes The Enterprise and Business Committee Dydd Mercher, 26 Mawrth 2014 Wednesday, 26 March 2014 Cynnwys Contents Cyflwyniadau, Ymddiheuriadau a Dirprwyon Introductions, Apologies and Substitutions Ymchwiliad i Gyfleoedd Cyllido yr UE 2014-2020 (Sesiwn 8) Inquiry into EU Funding Opportunities 2014-2020 (Session 8) Ymchwiliad i Gyfleoedd Cyllido yr UE 2014-2020 (Sesiwn 9) Inquiry into EU Funding Opportunities 2014-2020 (Session 9) Ymchwiliad i Gyfleoedd Cyllido yr UE 2014-2020 (Sesiwn 10) Inquiry into EU Funding Opportunities 2014-2020 (Session 10) Cynllunio ac Ariannu Trafnidiaeth Transport Planning and Funding Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42 i Benderfynu Gwahardd y Cyhoedd o’r Cyfarfod Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to Resolve to Exclude the Public from the Meeting Cofnodir y trafodion hyn yn yr iaith y llefarwyd hwy ynddi yn y pwyllgor. Yn ogystal, cynhwysir trawsgrifiad o’r cyfieithu ar y pryd. These proceedings are reported in the language in which they were spoken in the committee. In addition, a transcription of the simultaneous interpretation is included. 26/03/2014 Aelodau’r pwyllgor yn bresennol Committee members in attendance Mick Antoniw Llafur Labour Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru The Party of Wales Keith Davies Llafur Labour Yr Arglwydd/Lord Elis- Plaid Cymru Thomas The Party of Wales William Graham Ceidwadwyr Cymreig (Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor) Welsh Conservatives (Committee Chair) Julie James Llafur Labour Eluned Parrott Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru Welsh Liberal Democrats Joyce Watson Llafur Labour Eraill yn bresennol Others in attendance Mark Andrews Cyfarwyddwr Materion Corfforaethol, Porthladd Aberdaugleddau Corporate Affairs Director, Port of Milford Haven Claire Bennett Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr, Polisi, Cynllunio a PhartneriaethauTrafnidiaeth Deputy Director, Transport Policy, Planning and Partnerships Ian Davies Rheolwr Llywbrau, De Môr Iwerddon, Stena Line Route Manager, Irish Sea South, Stena Line Alec Don Prif Weithredwr, Porthladd Aberdaugleddau Chief Executive, Port of Milford Haven Martin Evans Cyn-gadeirydd ac Aelod o Fwrdd Sefydliad Siartredig Logisteg a Thrafnidiaeth Previous Chair and Board Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Edwina Hart Aelod Cynulliad, Llafur (Gweinidog yr Economi, Gwyddoniaeth a Thrafnidiaeth) Assembly Member, Labour (The Minister for Economy, Science and Transport) Ceri Jones Yr Adran Ymchwil ac Arloesi, Prifysgol Abertawe Department of Research and Innovation, Swansea University Dr Andrew Potter Ysgol Fusnes Caerdydd, Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University James Price Cyfarwyddwr Cyffredinol, Economi, Gwyddoniaeth a Thrafnidiaeth Director General, Economy, Science and Transport Wyn Prichard Cyfarwyddwr Cymru, Bwrdd Hyfforddi’r Diwydiant Adeiladu Wales Director, Construction Industry Training Board Swyddogion Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru yn bresennol National Assembly for Wales officials in attendance 2 26/03/2014 Olga Lewis Dirprwy Glerc Deputy Clerk Andrew Minnis Ymchwilydd Researcher Claire Morris Ail Glerc Second Clerk Siân Phipps Clerc Clerk Dechreuodd y cyfarfod am 9:00. The meeting began at 9:00. Cyflwyniadau, Ymddiheuriadau a Dirprwyon Introductions, Apologies and Substitutions [1] William Graham: I welcome Members and our witnesses today and any members of the public. The meeting is bilingual; headphones can be used for simultaneous translation from Welsh to English on channel 1, or for amplification on channel 0. The meeting is being broadcast and a transcript of the proceedings will be published. I remind people to turn off their mobile phones and other electronic equipment. Particularly for witnesses, there is no need to touch the microphones; they should come on automatically as you answer. In the event of a fire alarm, follow the directions from the ushers. I have apologies from Members today from David Rees and Byron Davies. There are no substitutions. Ymchwiliad i Gyfleoedd Cyllido yr UE 2014-2020 (Sesiwn 8) Inquiry into EU Funding Opportunities 2014-2020 (Session 8) [2] William Graham: We continue with our inquiry into EU funding opportunities and we have three evidence sessions on it today. I welcome the witnesses. Thank you very much for coming. I ask you to formally give your names and titles for the record. [3] Mr Don: Alec Don, chief executive of Milford Haven Port Authority. [4] Mr Andrews: Mark Andrews, corporate affairs director, Milford Haven Port Authority. [5] Mr Davies: Ian Davies, route manager, Stena Line, Irish Sea South. [6] William Graham: Okay, thank you very much. As you might imagine, we are always short of time in this place, so we will go straight to questions. [7] I will start with the first question. To what extent have Welsh ports engaged with INTERREG and TEN-T funding between 2000 and 2013, and the process by which any projects were developed and their impact? [8] Mr Don: TEN-T is a programme that is in development. As I understand it, the UK Government, as the member state, has to make its submission at the end of September. We are seeking to engage extensively with the Welsh Government and the UK Government to inform that process. I am sure that the committee will be aware of the numbers associated with TEN- T; we think that there is about €26 billion to be allocated. There are 104 large core ports in the TEN-T network. If you do the math, that works out as a very large amount of money that Wales should be targeting, between its three TEN-T ports. My simplistic calculation would say that we should be trying to come up with £750 million to £1 billion-worth of projects. We have been submitting thoughts on investment plans to the Welsh Government. In the past, we 3 26/03/2014 have generally been successful in getting access to funding, but on a much smaller scale than the opportunity offered by TEN-T. [9] Mr Andrews: I endorse that. The submissions we have made, going back a number of years, and we have had a number of them, have been a mix of infrastructure and community-based projects. All have generally been very successful, but, from our perspective, we have generally found that the infrastructure issues have been much more straightforward and easier to quantify in terms of the benefits, rather than the others, where the tangible benefits are less easy to quantify. We have struggled with that. We are better at it now, but we feel very strongly, looking to the future, that infrastructure is where we should be focusing attention. [10] Mr Davies: Like my colleagues—for infrastructure, we have only one example in the last 12 years, which proved to be very successful—I would endorse that infrastructure is where we feel the funding is needed going forward. [11] Mick Antoniw: On funding, during the 2007-13 period, there were no applications for TEN-T funding by Welsh Government. The process now, looking forward, is that bids will go in in September and substantial amounts of money are available from Europe. How advanced are the discussions that you are having with Welsh Government? Have particular substantial projects now been identified that are being prepared effectively with a view to going off early in the process in September, or are you still at a very preliminary stage of discussions? [12] Mr Don: From our point of view, we are at a preliminary stage in relation to that, to be honest. The TEN-T funding programme is inviting applications; I do not think that it has existed before, so this funding is essentially new funding. I would need to be reminded what the date is when they expert disbursements of that programme to happen, but it is some way in the future. I think that it is true to say that the UK, generally, has not been as effective as other countries in applying for some of these EU funding programmes that exist. I think that we should be very keen to make a really big effort, collectively, to do that this time. [13] Mick Antoniw: What is the reason why there seems to be a weakness of proactivity on this? We are talking about very substantial amounts of funding. I imagine that other parts of Europe are almost kicking at the door already, waiting with the projects that they have identified. What is the reason why there seems to be a certain dysfunction between you and the Welsh Government in really moving forward and in the prioritisation, I suppose, of funding applications? [14] Mr Andrews: I do not think that it is an issue of a failure to communicate. I think the Welsh Government has been quite proactive in trying to engage with us and we are trying to participate. I think the issue is that we realise that it is very much at the behest of the Welsh Government to liaise with the UK Government in order to try to move it forward. I suppose that we do have another option: some of us that are not devolved could go through the Department for Transport, but that, from our perspective, is not the right way to go about it, if we can do this through the Welsh Government, and we are engaging with the Welsh Government. Indeed, I think that there have been developments since the paper was put forward, in taking it to the next level. That engagement is on a fairly regular basis. Tomorrow, there is a meeting of the Welsh ports group in Cardiff, at which the Welsh Government will present. One of the items on the agenda is this very subject. So, in many ways, it has been quite good. [15] Mick Antoniw: We have had evidence from the Department for Transport that indicated, to some extent, quite a shambolic operation in certain areas, particularly with regard to Wales. I can understand why you would prefer direct contact with the Welsh 4 26/03/2014 Government.
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