Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 15 February 2017.
I agree entirely with what the Counsel General has just said. Many people living in my region, particularly in a town such as Aberystwyth, where there is a university and a hospital, are European citizens who have married people from Wales as well, and they are deeply concerned—and I emphasise that; they are deeply concerned—about the uncertainty for them and for their children, because they do have children in our schools in Ceredigion, too. In addition to making the stance clear on behalf of the Welsh Government, what else can you do on behalf of the Government to urge the Westminster Government not to use European citizens in this way? If we were to show good will at the beginning of the negotiations on Brexit by ensuring security for citizens of other nations, I would think that we would get a fairer hearing, ultimately, during those negotiations, too—bearing in mind, of course, that such citizens are also voters in Assembly elections.