Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:38 pm on 2 November 2016.
I thank the Member for that question. I can tell the Member that I consider the points he makes to be fundamentally legally and constitutionally incorrect. [Interruption.] Triggering article 50 is an irreversible process. The authority for that is the statement that was made by the UK Government in the recent case that has actually been referred to, and the implication of that is that after a two-year process, the 1972 Act ceases to take effect. All subsequent legislation that was created as a consequence of that, plus all the interrelated legislation that relates to the Welsh constitution and the devolution settlements of all the devolved Governments will actually fall. So, the Member is not only wrong; he is misconceived in his understanding of events.