Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:49 pm on 8 May 2019.
The Welsh Government has taken, I think, quite a responsible and diligent approach to preparing for a 'no deal', but this hasn't been without some real direct costs to date, but also some real indirect costs from diverting resources from other priorities. However, this is as nothing to the cost of actually leaving on a 'no deal' and the lasting damage that will do to jobs in our local authority areas, to local economies, public services and, I have to say, to community cohesion, as the impacts of a 'no deal' rip through our neighbourhoods for years to come. So, does the Minister agree that it is, indeed, imperative that the Conservative Government in Westminster now does all it possibly can to avoid a 'no deal' and certainly does not waste the months ahead to the autumn in bringing us back to the cliff edge once again? History will not be forgiving if the interests of party are placed before the interests of the country at this critical moment in time.