Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:44 pm on 22 January 2020.
Can I thank the Minister for his welcome to my new role? Plainly, I won't be as dazzling as my colleague Delyth Jewell in the role, but I hope to muddle through in my usual understated sort of way anyway. [Laughter.]
In your written statement yesterday, you noted that you're due to host the next Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) meeting later this month in Cardiff, and that your hope was for that meeting to focus on finalising proposals, including reaching a firm conclusion on the role of the devolved Governments in future EU negotiations. So, have you had any signs from the UK Government that they are prepared to listen to or accept any of your suggestions to ensure that the Welsh Government has some sort of seat at the table, if not the whole table itself, or any other article of furniture?