Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:26 pm on 1 October 2019.
May I thank the Minister for her statement on preparing our public services for a 'no deal' Brexit? Clearly, as you've mentioned in your statement, there’s a great deal of hard work going on behind the scenes, and a lot of it in front of the scenes as well, in front of us, and we're very grateful for that work.
There are clear and obvious questions—I’ll keep it brief. With all of these preparations for a 'no deal' Brexit by our county councils, I note the allocating, the funding of different organisations, and that’s to be welcomed, but what additional funding, specifically, has been allocated or that you are certain that you can allocate to our counties, to our local authorities, to facilitate the preparation work?
Specifically, we heard in the discussion earlier on with regard to transport: what support is there to alleviate the traffic jams that will result from a 'no deal' Brexit in our ports? In places like Holyhead—we heard from Rhun ap Iorwerth earlier—places like Holyhead, Pembroke Dock and Fishguard will face terrible traffic jams with lorries everywhere, and of course there will be additional costs for our local authorities emanating from that. So, what specific support is available to our counties in that situation? Thank you very much.