3. 3. Statement: Article 50 Response

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:56 pm on 29 March 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 3:56, 29 March 2017

I can say to the Member that guarantees are in place until 2020 but not beyond. That’s the problem. Beyond that, there are no guarantees of a single penny and that’s why we need certainty with regard to that. Michael Gove, I’m afraid, represents a section of the Conservative Party who are minimal government enthusiasts. They will sit quite happily on the right wing of the Republican party, I suspect, in the US. They see things like environmental protection as a burden on business. I can say that, for example, the habitats directive will be a matter entirely for this institution to decide what it wishes to do with in terms of environmental regulation in the future. But I can certainly guarantee that despite the views of Michael Gove, what we will not be doing is going back to the days of high pollution levels in our rivers and making Wales a less green and attractive place than it is now.