Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 8 May 2019.
I'm grateful to the Counsel General for his response. Of course, there are many of us here that are hoping that this will not be a situation that we have to face, but, given that it may be, we now do have some further months, as you said in your response to Huw Irranca-Davies, to try to prepare for what the worst-case scenario might be. I wonder if, in discussion with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Counsel General will take this opportunity to take a further look at the workforce issues in Wales that may arise, particularly in the health service and in care services if people either feel unable to remain or feel unwelcome as citizens of the EU, and of course, looking forward, particularly care services may not be able to recruit any longer as effectively as they have in the past from the EU. Whatever we think about this delay, it does at least give us some time to look at what those gaps are likely to be and to begin to take some steps to support health and care bodies in trying to meet those gaps if it comes to it.