GWENT MPs have added their voices to calls for more certainty on the future of the UK following the result of June’s referendum.

Speaking During a Parliamentary debate on Tuesday, October 25 on the impact on Wales of the UK leaving the EU on Tuesday, October 25, Islwyn MP Chris Evans said he was “at a loss” to explain the result of the referendum, which he said he believed went against the public interest.

But he added he respected the result and was not in favour of a second referendum.

“There is no future in debating our past,” he said. “We should debate where we go from here.

“Let us begin by trusting the people of Wales.”

The Labour MP also called for more certainty over the future of projects previously funded by the EU and called on the UK Government to commit to continue funding them from 2020.

“I find it embarrassing, frankly, when companies that are wondering what exit from the EU will mean for them come to see me and want to be briefed,” he said.

“At the moment, I have no answers.

“I was extremely disappointed that, when the leaders of the nations of this country met the prime minister yesterday (Monday), they too were told that the government had no answers.

“It is no good for the prime minister to go on saying ‘We’re not giving a running commentary on the exit from the EU’.

“She needs to give facts, a rationale and a road map right now.”

But Mr Evans added Brexit could be seen as an opportunity.

“Wales is an innovative country,” he said.

“In my constituency General Dynamics UK in Oakdale and Axiom in Newbridge both stand up to that.”

Calling for the creation of a dedicated trade ambassador for Wales, he said: “It is time for the Welsh Assembly government and the government in London to step up to the plate.

“We need a trade deal.

“We need a strategy for Wales to prosper.

“Even though we are disappointed, exiting the EU provides a real opportunity for Wales.”

Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds also called on the UK Government to honour promises made before the referendum around funding for the NHS and other public services.

“I totally respect the result of the referendum of June 23, but it does not mean that the leave campaign can escape from the promises that were made in the weeks and months leading up to it,” he said.

The Labour MP said, as Theresa May had appointed many prominent pro-Brexit campaigners to her Cabinet, she had a duty to ensure the promises they made ahead of the vote were fulfilled.

“My constituents deserve not only a continuation of EU funding, but the extra funds promised as well,” he said.

“Any failure to deliver will be a gross betrayal.”