<p>Article 50 and the Devolution Settlement</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:37 pm on 2 November 2016.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 2:37, 2 November 2016

Will the Counsel General confirm that triggering article 50 merely begins the process of negotiation with the EU about the terms upon which we’ll continue to trade with them or have other inter-governmental relationships? It doesn’t really have anything to do with devolution at all, except that the process of withdrawal from the EU is in itself a giant devolution process because we’ll be repatriating powers that currently are in Brussels to either Westminster or to Cardiff. And, in this context, it enhances and entrenches the devolution process to Wales, because it will enhance the powers of this Assembly, and indeed of the Welsh Government.