Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:46 pm on 13 February 2019.
I thank the Member for raising this question in the Chamber. It goes to the heart, I think, of the challenge that we face with the sort of deal and the sort of negotiations the Prime Minister has been pursuing, and in Parliament. It completely fails to take account of the sorts of risks to our economy that the Member has outlined in his question.
As a Government, we have taken steps to support the sector here in Wales, but in the context of a 'no deal' Brexit, the tariff barriers and the non-tariff barriers that would come in the context of that, could potentially be devastating for significant parts of the sector, and also, if I may say, the supply chain, which stretches right across Wales—I don't think the impact on supply chains has been appreciated as fully as it needs to be as well.