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It was the first time that politicians in Cardiff Bay and Scotland had debated the same thing at (almost) the same time.

AMs and MSPs both had debates in their respective parliaments to voice their opposition to Theresa May's Brexit plan.

They had planned simultaneous debates, and while the timing didn't quite pay off, the almost-identically worded motions were passed in both the Senedd and Holyrood within minutes of each other.

The motions said that no deal was "completely unacceptable" and that Article 50 should be extended to "protect the interests of Wales, Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole". You can read about the significant impact Brexit could have on Wales here .

Neither devolved Government has a binding vote over Brexit, but the joint debate was an attempt to show the strength of feeling from the devolved administrations.

In Cardiff Bay, 90 minutes was spent debating Brexit. There were heated scenes across the chamber before the motion was passed with the support of 37 AMs.

In Edinburgh, MSPs also debated the same topic but for hours longer and 87 MSPs backed it.

We contacted Downing Street on Tuesday morning to ask them to get a response to us at the conclusion of the debate. As the debate was ongoing, we asked them again and were told it would be the Wales Office issuing a response on behalf of the Government.

The response we eventually got was one that had been issued to other media outlets before the conclusion of the debates in Wales and Scotland — with no alterations made as a result of the debates.

The response read: "An orderly EU exit is in the UK’s best interests and the best way to achieve that is for MPs of all parties to support the Prime Minister’s deal.

"The deal is a good one for Wales, Scotland and the whole of the UK – it delivers the result of the referendum, gives us a close future partnership with the EU, and guarantees citizens’ rights.

"Refusing to support the Prime Minister’s deal simply makes a damaging ‘no deal’ more likely."

What was said in Wales?

First Minister Mark Drakeford urged AMs to endorse the motion.

"Let us speak with one voice on one common proposition. As the UK moves to a decisive set of votes next week, let us leave no-one in any doubt of the views of Scotland and of Wales".

Adam Price said he welcomed working with "our Celtic cousins in Scotland", saying: "It is an innovative approach that we should also, perhaps, adopt in future in other contexts."

His party, Plaid Cymru, had put forward an amendment calling for another referendum, saying a people's vote is "the only way forward".

Mr Drakeford said the only reason the Government would vote against Plaid's call for a second referendum was because the same motion wasn't in front of the Scottish Parliament and that would be used by the UK Government to show there was a division between them.

"We need to be clear and unequivocal," he said.

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Labour AM Lynne Neagle said she would vote "with her principles" and, as well as voting for the Welsh Government motion, she would also vote for a Plaid Cymru amendment for a people's vote.

David Melding, a Conservative AM said: "Brexit does not have my name on it, but I do accept the authority of the 2016 referendum and I do not believe that you can overturn a referendum. You have to implement it, and then the likes of people in my position can then work to scrutinise it, adapt it and even seek the repeal of that decision—that is how democracies work."

What was said in Scotland?

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that leaving the EU without any deal in place is an "avoidable outcome" which could only happen "by the choice of the UK Government".

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She added: "It is unforgivably reckless. No rational government acting responsibly in the interests of those it serves would countenance leaving the European Union without a deal.

"This is the first occasion in 20 years of devolution that the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly have acted in unison in this way.

"We have been brought together by our dismay, bordering now on despair, at the UK Government's approach to and handling of Brexit."

Scottish Liberal Democrats MSP Willie Rennie said: "People are fed up with this debate. I am fed up with this debate. They want an end to it. I want an end to this. What Theresa May will not tell you is that this is not going to end any time soon."