Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:47 pm on 21 March 2017.
I’m glad to hear the First Minister say that, because I agree with him that it’s rarely wrong to consult the people on a major issue of this kind. If there were to be a referendum campaign, it would also have some relevance for Wales, because Scotland has a budget deficit of £15 billion a year, although it’s a larger economy than Wales, and it’s much the same figure as we have here—£15 billion deficit. That is, effectively, a transfer of funds from one part of the UK to another, which would disappear if either Scotland or Wales became politically independent.