ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH 2001 at 10.45AM
IN ROOM 106 PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

Present: Mr P Doherty (Chairperson)
Mr S Neeson (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr A Attwood
Mr W Clyde
Dr A McDonnell
Ms J Morrice
Dr D O'Hagan
Mr J Wells

In attendance: Mrs C White
Mr J Nesbitt
Miss J Presho
Mr D Donaldson

Apologies: Mrs A Courtney
Mr D Shipley Dalton
Mr D McClarty

The meeting opened, in private, at 10.45am

1. Report on Strategy 2010 Inquiry

1.1. The Committee discussed the comments received from other Committees on parts of the report relating to their remit (Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment, Finance and Personnel, Committee of the Centre, Education, and Regional Development). The Committee also discussed comments made on the draft report by the Assembly's Research Office.

1.2. The second draft of the Committee's report on the Strategy 2010 inquiry was read paragraph by paragraph.

1.3. Executive summary -

Paragraph 1 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraph 2 read and agreed.
Paragraph 3 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 4 - 26 read and agreed.
Paragraph 27 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 28 - 31 read and agreed.
Paragraph 32 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraph 33 read and agreed.

1.4. Recommendations -

Paragraph 1 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 2 and 3 read and agreed.
Paragraph 4 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraph 5 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraph 6 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 7 - 15 read and agreed.
Paragraphs 16 and 17 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 18 - 23 read and agreed
Paragraphs 24 and 25 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 26 - 30 read and agreed.
Paragraph 31 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraph 32 read and agreed to delete.
Paragraphs 33 - 41 read and agreed.
Also agreed - to delete the numbers relating to the paragraphs from this section.

1.5. Section 1 - Paragraphs 1.1 - 1.10 read and agreed.
1.6. Section 2 - Paragraphs 2.1 - 2.26 read and agreed.
1.7. Section 3 - Paragraphs 3.1 - 3.34 read and agreed.
1.8. Section 4 - Paragraphs 4.1 - 4.66 read and agreed.
1.9. Section 5 - Paragraphs 5.1 - 5.5 read and agreed.

Paragraph 5.6 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.7 - 5.12 read and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.13 - 5.15 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.16 - 5.24 read and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.25 and 5.26 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.27 - 5.33 read and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.34 and 5.35 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraphs 5.36 - 5.44 read and agreed.
Paragraph 5.45 read, amended and agreed.
Paragraph 5.46 read and agreed to delete.
Paragraphs 5.47 - 5.59 read and agreed.

1.10. Section 6 - Paragraphs 6.1 - 6.5 read and agreed.

1.11. The Committee agreed -

That the report should be the Second Report of the Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee to the Assembly and that it should be printed.

That transcripts of all the oral evidence presented, the related written evidence, the Committee's report to the Minister on the restructuring of the economic development agencies, and the report from the Department on the progress made on each of the recommendations in Strategy 2010, should form part of the report.

That a copy of the report (unprinted) should be issued to the Minister on Monday 26 March.

That embargoed copies of the printed report should be issued to all other Ministers.

That a Motion should be tabled in the Business Office for a debate in the House. The terms of the Motion were agreed.

2. Any other business

2.1. Agreed - that the Regulator, Mr McIldoon, should be invited to give written evidence on the Minister's proposals on electricity and gas consumer representation arrangements.

3. Date of Next Meeting

3.1. The next meeting of the Committee will be held on Wednesday 28 March at 10.00am in Room 144, Parliament Buildings.

The meeting closed at 12.45pm

Mr P Doherty
(Chairperson)

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