<p>Negotiations with the EU</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 9 May 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:50, 9 May 2017

In terms of the question, it is settled, because Britain is leaving the EU and that question has already been answered. What I don’t see, however, is any semblance of any kind of plan from the UK Government. Nothing. I’ve sat there in meetings and I’ve asked. I’ve tried to see what the plan is. There isn’t one. Last Thursday, we saw panic on the part of the Prime Minister when she started to worry about what Brexit would mean for ordinary working people and she’s right to be concerned about that. But you can’t say on the one hand that no deal is better than a bad deal and then say, ‘Oh, but, of course, we need a deal to make sure that we don’t see an economic downturn.’ Now, what’s hugely important is that the posturing of last week goes and that we have ideas as to what Brexit might look like. She was a remainer. Let’s not forget that. She is somebody, like me, who has accepted the result and it’s hugely important, for those who have ideas, to work together to take those ideas forward, because we’ve had nothing at all in terms of ideas from those who campaigned for Brexit.