Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister – in the Senedd at 2:44 pm on 16 January 2019.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 2:44, 16 January 2019

I'm afraid that because the Counsel General had his back to me at the end I didn't catch exactly what he said. Canada, of course, started from a very different position to the United Kingdom. We have been a member of the EU for the last 40-odd years, and we have complete regulatory alignment with them because, obviously, we have the same code of law and regulation. There should be no difficulty in reaching a free trade agreement with the EU. But, in any event, would the Counsel General agree with me that article 24 of the general agreement on tariffs and trade treaty, which is now the World Trade Organization treaty, once we've entered into negotiations with the EU, in the short term will enable us to continue to trade with the EU on zero tariffs whilst negotiating the Canada-style deal?