Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:48 pm on 27 February 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 1:48, 27 February 2018

We've been very clear as a Welsh Government, and indeed, in co-operation with Plaid Cymru, about the very best possible outcome for Wales, and we're still very clear about that. But I reiterate what I said: this is a negotiation. It is about getting the best out of the negotiation overall. So, if you rule everything out except the position you start from, that's not a negotiation, and you're very likely to fail. 

So, I think it's a very sensible thing to have a range of options on the table that you can start the negotiations with. It remains to be seen where the negotiations will end up. I personally still believe that staying inside the European Union as a whole is the best option for Wales. That's not something the people voted for, and we're in a position of having to negotiate the best deal we can short of that.