Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 16 January 2019.
We have waited for two years to hear what the UK Government's view is on the basis upon which we should leave the European Union—two years. Two years ago, this Government, together with Plaid Cymru, launched a paper that set out, with a very clear evidence base, the kind of relationship Wales should have with the European Union after Brexit. We were able to do that two years ago, working together, and we followed that up with a range of policy positions, which are evidenced and substantive, and which have been persuasive. And the question is why the UK Government wasn't able to do the same. On the point of timeliness, we, as I have said in the Chamber, have an online resource, which we plan to launch in the next few days, and that will, I hope, give the people of Wales a clear understanding of what the Welsh Government is doing in terms of preparedness.