Article 50 and the Transitional Period

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 22 November 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2:32, 22 November 2017

(Translated)

Thank you for that answer. It was a comprehensive answer, considering you said you couldn’t answer. And I’m grateful to you for that, because there is a question that does have an impact on decisions in this place, especially in the fields of agriculture and environment, namely that there is no certainty at the moment that this transitional period, which everybody takes for granted will happen after article 50 comes into force, is going to be on a strong legal basis, in order to be a precedent for the decisions that will take place in this Assembly.

May I ask you, therefore, what further steps can the Government take in its role, and he in his role as the Counsel General, to support that, to ensure that that legal basis is clear, before we make some of the most important decisions in the history of this Assembly towards supporting our rural communities?