5. 3. Statement: EU Transition

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:08 pm on 13 September 2016.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 4:08, 13 September 2016

Diolch, Lywydd. I will indeed keep it very short. One particular moment in the statement made my ears and those of others on the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee prick up, and it was towards the end of the statement, when the First Minister said:

‘As we contemplate a changed relationship with our European neighbours, so we must also contemplate changed relationships here within the UK.’

He goes on at the end of that paragraph to say:

‘We need open-minds and imagination to develop a new, dynamic and durable UK.’

Does he feel those open minds are there, and if not, how do we open them?