6. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Departure from the European Union

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:23 pm on 29 January 2020.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 4:23, 29 January 2020

As the great, late Winston Churchill said in 1947,

'there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule, and that public opinion, expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of Ministers who are their servants and not their masters.'

These are very wise words that have eluded the Welsh Government. Despite the people of Wales voting to leave the European Union in a referendum held on 23 June 2016—