4. Urgent Question: The European Economic Area Agreement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:41 pm on 29 November 2016.

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Photo of Steffan Lewis Steffan Lewis Plaid Cymru 2:41, 29 November 2016

I thank the Member for Neath for tabling this urgent question. Can the Counsel General clarify his view on this matter—whether the triggering of article 127 is a necessary legal step, and whether that should be done concurrently with the triggering of article 50? If so, can he also clarify whether—if there is litigation down the line—the Welsh Government will intervene in any legal proceedings, as it has done in the UK Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court on the triggering of article 50? And finally, can he also give a commitment that he will assess whether there are opportunities in the process of triggering article 127 for sub-state entities, such as Wales, to potentially leave or remain in a different way than the state as a whole?