Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's with great pleasure that I move today's motion in my name and open today's debate on the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee's report on Wales's future relationship with Europe. As you highlighted, it is part one, and there's more work to be done.

Before I begin discussing the content of the report I would like to place on record our thanks to all those who gave evidence to this inquiry. In particular, our thanks go to those who submitted written evidence, to Aston Martin and Toyota for hosting our visits to see their business operations and to understand the concerns that they have about their future relationship for the automotive sector, and also to all those who came to our stakeholder conference, where 28 different organisations were represented. I also wish to put on record our thanks to the clerking team and all the support staff to the committee whose work always allows us to undertake and produce the reports to the levels we hope to do. Without them we would be in deep trouble, and I'm sure that every committee Chair would agree with me on that point. I'm grateful, too, to the Welsh Government for the way in which it has engaged with us on this subject.

I would, however, like to place on record my disappointment at the failure of the Secretary of State for Wales to respond to my letter enclosing the report, which identified a number of areas where we would welcome more detail from him. As we move forward, it is vital that the UK Government engages meaningfully with this Assembly to ensure an outcome that is to the benefit of all four nations of the United Kingdom.