5. 3. Debate: The Implications for Wales of Leaving the European Union

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:58 pm on 4 April 2017.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 3:58, 4 April 2017

We note very much—everybody in the Chamber notes—that the First Minister is not ruling out a continuity Bill, although perhaps we should call it the great continuity Bill; if there can be a great repeal Bill, there can be a great continuity Bill. But it should be there as a backstop, because surely the first thing we need to do is to see whether the UK Government is genuine in its desire, set out in that vague terminology this week, to achieve a good outcome for the UK and for Wales with that parity of esteem. If that is the case, we do not need a great continuity Bill; we just need to get on with it for the good of the people we represent.