Ending Freedom of Movement

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 12 February 2019.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:23, 12 February 2019

Well, we're certainly not in favour of a blindfold Brexit, and have not been since the very earliest days after the referendum. The Member knows, I know, very well the prospectus that the Welsh Government set out in that immediate aftermath: a Brexit that is shaped by the needs of the economy and jobs here in Wales; a Brexit that has a clear destination in terms of membership of a customs union; dynamic regulatory alignment with the single market; and a fair movement of people regime. That is the sort of Brexit, if we are to have Brexit, which does the most it can to mitigate the impact on the Welsh economy of leaving our closest and most important market. And I take every opportunity, as do my Cabinet colleagues, to advocate for that form of Brexit at every opportunity that comes our way.