Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 20 September 2016.
The position has completely changed, First Minister, and you’ve signed your Government up to dropping the prerequisite that the free movement of people is a requisite that you wanted back in your declaration in June. You also have the agreement of Plaid Cymru supporting you in your endeavours, and so I’m assuming that these discussions have been undertaken with Plaid Cymru and you are not making these decisions solo. What is concerning here, as the answers are slowly coming out from you, is that, very often, you are appearing on camera and making up policy on the hoof. How are you arriving at the collective responsibility of the Welsh Government so that your position as the lead on the Welsh Government can be taken seriously when you are discussing these matters in Westminster? You have moved on a fundamental principle here, which you said was a red line for you in June. That has now been discarded in September, and one of your Members in the Cabinet has signed up to that who is a Lib Dem—and Plaid Cymru, by supporting your Government.