Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 16 January 2019.
Exports, of course, are very important to the economy of Wales and the north east, and, on the whole, as the Member has acknowledged in his question, the percentage of exports from Wales is higher than other parts of the UK to Europe. The best way possible of ensuring the prosperity of exports in the future is as close a relationship as possible with the single market, the kind of thing that we haven’t seen in a political statement from the Prime Minister in Westminster. I hope that there will be an opportunity over the next few days—the Prime Minister there has said that she’s willing to discuss with other parties. It’s important that those discussions include the possibility of a customs union and working closer with the single market.