Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 16 January 2019.
I would not disagree with the Member on those points, and I'm pleased to say that over the past 12 or so months I've been engaging with businesses by their respective sectors and on a regional basis—smaller scale summits, if you like, to discuss the impact that Brexit is having, and also the longer term challenges and opportunities that many sectors, in particular financial and professional services, advanced manufacturing and life sciences face. And the next summit, actually, will take place later this month. It will concern mariner energy and it will take place in Swansea. So, we are keenly pursuing every opportunity to engage with business to identify the threats, challenges and opportunities of the future, in the context, of course, of the situation that we face with Britain leaving the European Union.
I think what's really important now, though, is that, for all of the work that Welsh Government is doing and can do, the UK Government offers a calm, collected position that a proper Government with proper leadership can offer at Westminster, and, above all, the uncertainty over Brexit must come to an end.