Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 20 September 2016.
Well, I think it’s a shame, First Minister, that, unlike Scotland, Wales will not have a Minister dedicated solely to looking at Brexit and nothing else. First Minister, I understand that you established an expert advisory group on Brexit back in August in order to secure the best possible outcome for Wales from the Brexit negotiations. Can you tell us: has that group met yet? My understanding is that that group hasn’t yet met, and so please explain why not. Then we have the Brexit liaison committee—and I’m the Plaid Cymru representative on that committee—and I’m wondering why no meeting of that committee has yet been held. I’ve yet even to receive an invitation to attend such a meeting. So, First Minister, isn’t the real reason that you’ve not appointed a Brexit Minister and that you’ve not yet held these meetings the fact that you’ve got no plan, you’ve got no vision, and no clue as to what Wales should look like outside the European Union?