Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:44 pm on 20 September 2016.
Thank you, Presiding Officer. First Minister, in recent press reports, and namely this morning, you talk about your new position on the free movement of people, should there be an agreement with the European Union to maintain access to the single market. You seem to be referring to some sort of period where no movement should be allowed over a given period, such as when the new eastern European countries came in, in 2004. In June of this year, you were very clear that goods, services and people were interlinked and could not be divorced. Is it the position of the Welsh Government now that the free movement of people is not a red line for the Welsh Government, and merely goods and services are the points that you are promoting?