The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have teamed up to demand preparations for a second referendum begin "immediately".
MPs voted by a margin of 317 to 301 to demand the controversial Irish backstop is replaced with "alternative arrangements", and Theresa May has said she will ask Europe to re-open negotiations.
But the European Union has made it clear it will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, meaning the chance of a no-deal Brexit remains on the table. This is despite MPs also backing a non-binding motion calling for leaving the European Union without a deal to be ruled out last night.
And now the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have teamed up to call for work to begin "immediately" on preparations for a second referendum.
Although the motion stops short of explicitly calling for a so-called 'people's vote', this is the closest the Welsh Government has come to overtly supporting the campaign for a fresh vote on the UK's membership of the European Union.
The motion also calls for Article 50 to be delayed and for the UK Government to "step up its engagement" with the Welsh Government and other devolved administrations.
The motion approved on January 30th in the Assembly this afternoon reads as follows:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
MPs voted by a margin of 317 to 301 to demand the controversial Irish backstop is replaced with "alternative arrangements", and Theresa May has said she will ask Europe to re-open negotiations.
But the European Union has made it clear it will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, meaning the chance of a no-deal Brexit remains on the table. This is despite MPs also backing a non-binding motion calling for leaving the European Union without a deal to be ruled out last night.
And now the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have teamed up to call for work to begin "immediately" on preparations for a second referendum.
Although the motion stops short of explicitly calling for a so-called 'people's vote', this is the closest the Welsh Government has come to overtly supporting the campaign for a fresh vote on the UK's membership of the European Union.
The motion also calls for Article 50 to be delayed and for the UK Government to "step up its engagement" with the Welsh Government and other devolved administrations.
The motion approved on January 30th in the Assembly this afternoon reads as follows:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
- Condemns the UK Government for its failure to engage in meaningful negotiations on the EU withdrawal deal on a cross-party basis and in terms of genuine engagement with the devolved institutions.
- Reiterates its view that a no deal outcome would be catastrophic for Wales and believes that the UK Government and UK Parliament must do everything in their power to prevent no deal, including requesting an extension of the Article 50 deadline.
- Believes if, as it now seems, the UK Parliament cannot unite around an alternative proposition which includes participation in the single market and a customs union then the only option which remains is to give the decision back to the people; and believes that work should begin immediately on preparing for a public vote.
- Believes the UK Parliament should, with immediate effect, step up its engagement with the devolved legislatures on these issues.
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