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EU referendum: Wales television debate on eve of poll EU referendum: Final pitches for undecided voters
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Leading politicians in Wales from both sides of the divide on Europe will face voters in a BBC TV debate later, on the final day of campaigning. Politicians are making their final pitches to undecided voters in Wales before Thursday's EU referendum.
The BBC Wales EU Referendum Debate, hosted by Bethan Rhys Roberts, will be shown on BBC One Wales at 20:00 BST. In Denbighshire, Commons leader Chris Grayling sought to reassure firms trade with the EU would continue post-Brexit.
The programme, at Cardiff and Vale College, will also be broadcast on BBC Radio Wales. But, campaigning in Flintshire, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said only EU membership could guarantee access to the European single market.
The debate was originally to take place last Friday in Swansea but was re-scheduled after the death of MP Jo Cox. Leave and Remain politicians will take part in a BBC Wales television debate at 20:00 BST on BBC One Wales.
Meanwhile Vote Leave campaigners published a letter signed by 62 small firms in Wales backing a Brexit vote. Visiting a farm in Ruthin, Mr Grayling urged voters not to be afraid to vote to leave the European Union, promising the UK would become a "stronger, prouder more independent nation".
Ahead of visiting a business in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Commons leader Chris Grayling said leaving the EU would free small firms from red tape and EU regulations. "We carry on trading - they [EU member states] buy our products, we buy their products," he said.
"Sadly, whilst the cost of EU membership is paid by all firms, it is the smallest firms - most of whom don't even export within the EU - who are being overwhelmed, without reaping the benefits of membership," he said. "We do that because we are their biggest customer.
Mr Grayling's cabinet colleague and Remain campaigner Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns is also due to meet firms in north Wales, including the Toyota engine plant in Flintshire. "They can't afford to lose us - they have thousands, millions of jobs that depend upon us buying their products.
Mr Cairns said: "I will be pressing the case across north Wales to choose to keep access to the single market that supports 100,000 jobs in Wales. "So you shouldn't be afraid of voting to leave, you should be excited by the opportunities that leaving presents ... able to take our own decisions about trade agreements around the world, able to limit the flow of immigration into the United Kingdom, able to make our own laws again."
"A vote for remain secures access to a market of 500m people, our largest goods trading partner." Speaking at the Toyota plant in Flintshire, Mr Cairns said unrestricted access to the European market was "so important" for the firm.
"The only way we can guarantee that access is through remaining a member of the single European market, remaining a member of the European Union.
"That's what I want to do, that's what businesses generally want to do.
"That's what the independent observers, economic think tanks, they all recommend that we stay a member of the single European market through being a member of the European Union."
Later, First Minister Carwyn Jones joined Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at a joint rally urging party supporters to vote Remain.
The BBC Wales EU Referendum Debate on Thursday evening will be broadcast just hours before the polls open and also air on BBC Radio Wales.
It will be presented by Bethan Rhys Roberts from Cardiff and Vale College.