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Brexit group to advise on 'real world impact' in Wales | Brexit group to advise on 'real world impact' in Wales |
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Business leaders and Europe experts are being asked to help First Minister Carwyn Jones respond to Brexit. | Business leaders and Europe experts are being asked to help First Minister Carwyn Jones respond to Brexit. |
They will be asked to examine how Wales can prosper when the UK leaves the European Union. | They will be asked to examine how Wales can prosper when the UK leaves the European Union. |
Mr Jones said a new advisory group would help ministers understand the "real world impact" on communities, companies and public services. | |
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies - who backed Brexit - condemned the move as a "last-minute scramble for ideas". | |
While a majority in Wales voted in favour of leaving the EU, Mr Jones - who supported the Remain campaign - is keen to ensure the nation's exporters can still sell their goods tariff-free via the single market. | |
"My immediate focus since the EU referendum result has been on protecting our economy and providing assurance to Wales' business community," he said. | "My immediate focus since the EU referendum result has been on protecting our economy and providing assurance to Wales' business community," he said. |
The first minister also stressed the need for a "cast iron commitment" from the UK government that Wales "will not lose a penny of the EU money budgeted to us up to 2020". | The first minister also stressed the need for a "cast iron commitment" from the UK government that Wales "will not lose a penny of the EU money budgeted to us up to 2020". |
The Welsh Government said the advisory group would be made up of "business people, politicians and experts with a detailed understanding of the European Union" but would not reveal any names. | |
Mr Davies - who campaigned for a Leave vote - said: "This last-minute scramble for ideas is really something the Welsh Government should have been planning for in the weeks leading up to the referendum. | |
"Any advisory group pertaining to our departure from the EU must involve all viewpoints to ensure the opinions of those who campaigned on either side of the referendum can be taken on board. | |
"There is now an invaluable opportunity to shape a new future for Wales outside the EU and Welsh Conservatives stand ready to support the delivery of this exciting transition." | |
Meanwhile the first minister said Plaid Cymru would be involved in Brexit planning via a "new dialogue" under the agreement which keeps Welsh Labour in power in Cardiff Bay. | |
Labour and Plaid already have liaison committees on finance, legislation and the constitution. | Labour and Plaid already have liaison committees on finance, legislation and the constitution. |
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "We are committed to making Wales a success story, regardless of the challenges we face." | Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "We are committed to making Wales a success story, regardless of the challenges we face." |
On Wednesday, a leading academic criticised the Welsh Government's "business-as-usual" response to the Brexit vote as being lethargic and lacking reality. | On Wednesday, a leading academic criticised the Welsh Government's "business-as-usual" response to the Brexit vote as being lethargic and lacking reality. |
Prof Richard Wyn Jones from Cardiff University told an Eisteddfod debate the full replacement of EU aid to Wales by the UK government was not a "realistic prospect". | Prof Richard Wyn Jones from Cardiff University told an Eisteddfod debate the full replacement of EU aid to Wales by the UK government was not a "realistic prospect". |