Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister – in the Senedd at 2:39 pm on 16 January 2019.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 2:39, 16 January 2019

I was delighted to see the new First Minister install a new Minister for international relations, following the calls from the Welsh Conservatives over a number of years. And I wonder whether you can tell us, in your capacity as Brexit Minister, what work will now be done to develop a network of trade envoys around the world, in order to promote opportunities to trade with Wales. We know that the Welsh Government, quite rightly, has worked hard on developing links with North America in recent years and that there have been a number of trade missions, but there's nothing like having people on the ground all year round in many of the Commonwealth countries, for example, or some of the emerging markets that we would have the opportunity to develop links with. So, will you also take another leaf out of our book and appoint a network of trade envoys, embedded within British embassies around the world, to make sure that the distinctive voice of Welsh businesses is being heard?