Cabinet meeting: 8 July 2024

• Rt. Hon. Vaughan Gething MS (Chair) 
• Rebecca Evans MS
• Lesley Griffiths MS 
• Huw Irranca-Davies MS
• Jane Hutt MS 
• Jeremy Miles MS
• Eluned Morgan MS
• Lynne Neagle MS
• Ken Skates MS
• Mick Antoniw MS  
   
• Dawn Bowden MS 
• Jayne Bryant MS 
• Sarah Murphy MS 

Apologies

• Julie James MS 

Officials

• Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary
• Rachel Garside-Jones, Interim Director Office of the First Minister 
• Matthew Hall, Head of Cabinet Division 
• Victoria Jones, Principal Private Secretary, First Minister
• Toby Mason, Head of Strategic Communications 
• Catrin Sully, Head of Cabinet Office 
• Alex Bevan, Special Adviser 
• David Hagendyk, Special Adviser 
• Madeleine Brindley, Special Adviser
• Darren Griffiths, Special Adviser
• Haf Davies, Special Adviser 
• Sara Faye, Special Adviser
• Sam Hadley, Special Adviser     
• David Hooson, Special Adviser
• Phillipa Marsden, Special Adviser
• Owen Jones, Special Adviser  
• Maddie Rees, Special Adviser
• Victoria Solomon, Special Adviser
• Mary Wimbury, Special Adviser 
• Tom Woodward, Special Adviser
• Christopher W Morgan, Head of Cabinet Secretariat (minutes) 
• Damian Roche, Cabinet Secretariat 
• Kathryn Hallett, First Minister’s Office
• Helena Bird, Permanent Secretary’s Office
• Tracey Burke, Director General Climate Change & Rural Affairs
• Sioned Evans, Director General, Public Services and Welsh Language Group
• Tim Moss, Chief Operating Officer
• Judith Paget, Director General Health and Social Services  
• Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Treasury and Constitution 
• Diane Dunning, Deputy Director Legal Services

1.1 Cymeradwyodd y Cabinet gofnodion y 1 Gorffennaf / Cabinet approved the minutes of 1 July.  

Meeting with the Prime Minister 

2.1 The First Minister reflected on his meeting with the Prime Minister, which had taken place earlier that afternoon.  The focus of the discussion had been on the future of the Port Talbot Steel works, the impact on the wider economy and the need to improve inter-governmental relations.

2.2 After that meeting, the First Minister had also held a bilateral with the Secretary of State for Wales. 

Tata Steel 

2.3 Cabinet noted the new Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade was continuing to have discussions with the management of Tata Steel.

Royal Visit 

2.4 It was noted the King and Queen would be visiting the Senedd on Thursday to commemorate the 25^th Anniversary of devolution in Wales. 

3.1 Cabinet considered the Plenary grid and noted that timing for stage 3 of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill, planned for Tuesday, had been reduced to two hours. Regular voting time was scheduled for 4:15pm on Tuesday, prior to the stage three debate, and would be around 5:55pm on Wednesday.  

Cabinet Secretariat
July 2024