The Impact of Brexit on Further and Higher Education

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 10 July 2018.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 1:30, 10 July 2018

Last week, in answer to the Plaid Cymru leader here in the Assembly, you told us that you and your Government had no plans for the Welsh NHS if there was to be, as is, of course, increasingly likely now, a 'no deal' Brexit. In fact, your exact words were

'There is no planning for a "no deal" Brexit. It's more like people running around in circles screaming. There are no plans at all for it.'

Now, I'm not sure that's the kind of leadership that the people of Wales expected from somebody who stood on a promise of standing up for Wales, but if you have no plan for the NHS, could you tell us whether that's also the case for Welsh universities and Welsh colleges in the face of a 'no deal' Brexit, and, if it is, when exactly would you expect the HE and FE sector to start running around in circles screaming?