From today’s statement, your keynote speech in Chicago, and the previous written statement issued during August, it seems that the machinery of Government has slowly moved into action over the summer. From the outset, in the eyes of many organisations, businesses and other stakeholders, the Welsh Government response to Brexit has been slow. My first question is: is it true that you called an emergency summit—? Sorry. It is true that you called an emergency summit of the British-Irish Council, and that is an important forum, but, following that summit, to those looking in from the outside, it seems that there were no specific interventions from you until last week’s speech in the United States. Now, on the technical side, there will now be a European advisory group, and Plaid Cymru will contribute to that through our MEP, Jill Evans, and this group will provide a vital technical role.

My first question is: is it true that this group is yet to meet, and why did this committee take so long to establish? On civil service capacity, the unit that you’ve established on transition, can I ask whether that unit will have the necessary resources to participate fully in the Brexit negotiations? Is it the case that much of the necessary expertise that you have is tied up with the Wales Bill, and that this is a problem, regardless of how effective or otherwise you’ve been in gaining the support of your MPs for that work?

Turning to the issue of EU funds, and your commitment to ensure that Wales doesn’t lose a single penny, the work that was carried out by the Wales Governance Centre on this was based on estimates, and their report from earlier this year made it clear that they didn’t have full data. So, have you asked your officials to calculate the full value of EU funds, so that we know the true scale of the vow that was made to our communities by the ‘leave’ campaign?

I’ve got to come back to my earlier question to you, First Minister, about Wales’s membership of the single market. Initially when you answered my question, you looked like you were removing the confusion, before then going on to add to it. Earlier, I asked you, First Minister, about the differences between access and membership of the single market. Now, in your answer, you agreed that you support membership, but then you went on to talk in terms of this unclear definition of access.

Now, your statement today again doesn’t commit to a specific model of European market access. We don’t know your view. We know that there are four possible models. Would it not be better for you to propose an actual trade model, such as EEA or EFTA membership, a model that you’d prefer, so that there at least can be some certainty about what option the Government is pursuing? That might be a good way to end the confusion as regards your position on this. You’ve made much about the need for certainty. Will you take the opportunity to provide that now?

In terms of the remarks you made on EU transition in your speech in Chicago, what will you do to gain support for your goal of a more federal UK within your own party? And can you tell us what possibilities you see for Wales in the new constitutional situation? And, if you have no vision for Brexit, can you tell us where you’d like to see Wales constitutionally—what is the endgame, from your perspective, for Wales in a federal UK?

Finally, will you now tell us how you will ensure that the UK takes a four-nations approach to the negotiations on EU withdrawal? Will you ensure that Wales participates directly in any such talks, and will you commit to us today to make sure that Wales isn’t relegated to the sidelines on this?