<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 21 June 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:51, 21 June 2016

Well, if you are a doctor qualified in the European Union and you are told, ‘You can travel to 27 other countries without the need for a visa, or come to the UK but you need a visa’, it doesn’t take a genius to work out that it’s far easier to go to the other countries. So, the UK will become a more difficult place to recruit medical staff into. But, yes, of course, there will be an effect on the economy. I have spent much of my time talking to businesses, attracting investment into Wales, and the unemployment figures are evidence of how that has worked. This would be a self-inflicted wound. We would not be able to offer the same kind of certainty to business as Ireland would, or as France would, or as Germany would because we would not be able to say for years what kind of access to the European market businesses could enjoy if they were to be based in Wales, and that is bad for Welsh business.