Yes, and I think it's essential that we work with the whole of the population on both sides of that border to give them the assurances they need, where some people are trying to, I think, make them more concerned than they need be.

In accepting our recommendation 2, the Welsh Government states that it is

'working with the UK Government to protect Wales’ international reputation for high animal welfare, environmental and food standards which must not be sacrificed through allowing cheap imports.'

As the UK Brexit Secretary clearly stated in February, the UK will not seek to lower legal and regulatory standards in order to compete with the European market, and he proposed a system of mutual recognition. Further, the UK Government has said that it will match the current EU budget that supports farming and rural economies, but we do need to see more of the annual £350 million currently coming to Wales under the EU’s common agricultural policy going to the front line.

Whilst welcoming the phase 1 agreement in respect of rights for EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals living and working in the EU, our report noted concerns that uncertainty may be having an effect on the number of EU and EEA nationals leaving the UK, referring, for example, to evidence from the British Veterinary Association and the Royal College of Nursing Wales. The UK Government has made clear its continued commitment to meeting the workforce needs of our economy and society, and a post-Brexit White Paper is now expected before the summer recess in July on this matter.

Like Senna the Soothsayer in Up Pompeii!, this place sometimes seems to be full of prophets of gloom preaching, 'The end is nigh'. Well, contrary to the predictions of the doomsayers, it’s time to make Brexit work for a Wales in Europe, but not the EU, as part of an outward-looking and global UK.