Minister, I must say I am at a bit of a loss as to why Welsh Labour contests Assembly elections if the party has no desire to form a coherent policy on the great matter of the day when they're in Government. You'll know that the EU has said it's only willing to grant an extension to article 50 if the purpose for doing so is abundantly clear, and that requires a timescale that makes sense. Now, unless I missed it from your answer, you didn't say exactly how long you think that article 50 should be extended for. The Times has reported that the European Commission is unlikely to accept a short extension, because it would be fraught with legal and political difficulties, and France is unlikely to consent to that, which means that, if Labour were to—as is being reported now—call for a short delay only, that would make crashing out of the EU within 11 days with no deal a very likely outcome.

Minister, your position is illogical, irregular and irresponsible. And I have to wonder whether you are really serious about offering a sensible strategy out of this mess, or whether Labour's real aim here is to implement a scorched-earth strategy, by facilitating a disastrous 'no deal' Brexit as a means of getting Jeremy Corbyn into power. Plaid Cymru is absolutely clear about what should happen now. Article 50 should be extended for 21 months so that a referendum can be held at the end of that period, when we know what that will mean—between whatever deal is negotiated in the meantime, and remaining in the EU. This would avert the impending 'no deal' catastrophe, and allow time to sort out this mess, once and for all, as Mr Gething clearly understands. Yesterday, the First Minister accused the UK Government of providing

'no leadership, no collective responsibility and no control' over Brexit. Minister, is the same not true of your Government?