Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Last week, First Minister, the president of the Committee of the Regions, Markku Markkula, said that the Committee of the Regions would provide the EU’s chief negotiator, Mr Barnier, with a picture of the evolving situation at regional level. Mr Markkula also said in a debate in the Committee of the Regions last week, and I quote, we must work to protect well-established ties between regional and local authorities in the EU and the UK’.

It seems to me this is turning in a positive direction and it’s important that we use our membership of the Committee of the Regions to ensure that those who are negotiating on behalf of the EU get a full picture of the situation here. I wonder, as well as the representatives, whether the Welsh Government will perhaps meet with Mr Markkula and his colleagues.