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#UKIP Welsh First Minister and UKIP leader clash over steel, business and farming at EU debate
Agriculture, steel, business and immigration were all topics for debate as First Minister Carwyn Jones and UKIP leader Nigel Farage went head-to-head at the Institute of Welsh Affairs debate on 11 January.
Jones said European funding has helped businesses, jobs and training in Wales and it wasn't worth the gamble of what would happen if the UK was to leave the EU. Farage said he believes the UK is in a strong enough position to govern itself without reliance on the European Union.
The future of Port Talbot steel works was a major debating point with Farage debating it had a better chance of surviving if the UK left the EU. The First Minister hit back that it was global, not European issues that were affecting the steel industry.
Jones claimed that Welsh jobs would be put at risk if we left the EU, a claim Farage described as scaremongering. The UKIP leader suggested Wales's fishing industry would thrive if the UK came out of the union, though Jones challenged him about the number of fisheries committee meetings Farage had attended in Brussels.
Watch the full debate below:
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