Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister of Wales on legislative consent for the European Withdrawal Bill.

The Government is having intensive discussions with the Welsh Government on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill with a view to securing the legislative consent of the National Assembly for Wales to the Bill.

My Rt honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and I are meeting the First Minister later this week as part of those ongoing discussions.