The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United...
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In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of...
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David T. C. Davies (redirect from David T C Davies (Welsh politician))
to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he chaired the Welsh Affairs Select Committee from 2010 to 2019. Davies also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary...
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the Office for National Statistics 2022 estimates. List of Welsh areas by percentage of Welsh-speakers Re-instated as a principal administrative authority...
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Secretary of State for Wales (redirect from Minister of Welsh Affairs)
Wales as a step towards home rule for Wales. A post of Minister of Welsh Affairs was created in 1951 under the home secretary and was upgraded to minister...
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usually the leader of the largest party in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru), who selects ministers with the approval of the Senedd. The government...
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The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the...
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Albert Owen (category Welsh sailors)
Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee, Welsh Affairs Select Committee and the International Development Committee. He was also a member of the...
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Mark Williams (politician) (category Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies)
Ceredigion constituency, between 2005 and 2017. He sat on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, and in 2006 he became a Shadow Minister for Wales under Menzies...
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Huw Edwards (politician) (category Welsh Labour MPs)
separate terms. Throughout both of his terms, he served on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee. Edwards was first elected as Monmouth's MP at a by-election...
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Steve Witherden (category Welsh Labour MPs)
elimination of zero-hour contracts as his priorities. He sits on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee in Parliament. In November 2024, Witherden voted in favour of...
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Senedd (redirect from Welsh National Assembly)
July 2006. Q&A: Welsh top-up fees: BBC News, 22 June 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2006. "NHS Continuing Care – Commons Health Select Committee" Archived 25 September...
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The 1997 Welsh devolution referendum was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation...
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Member of the Senedd (redirect from Welsh Assembly Members)
Senedd (MS; plural: MSs; Welsh: aelod o'r Senedd; AS, plural: ASau) is a representative elected to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru). There...
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of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee David T. C. Davies stated that the British government had not been responsible for suppressing the Welsh language...
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First Minister of Wales (redirect from Welsh First Minister)
affairs, as they relate to devolution and the Welsh Government. The first minister is a Member of the Senedd, and is nominated by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament;...
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Stephen Crabb (category Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies)
from 2005 to 2024 and Chairman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Welsh Conservatives, he served as Secretary of...
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Welsh law (Welsh: Cyfraith Cymru) is a semi-autonomous part of the English law system composed of legislation made by the Senedd. Wales is part of the...
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The 1979 Welsh devolution referendum was a post-legislative referendum held on 1 March 1979 (Saint David's Day) to decide whether there was sufficient...
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Next Senedd election (redirect from Next Welsh Assembly Election)
due to be held by 7 May 2026 to elect 96 members to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru). It will be the seventh devolved general election...
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Local government in Wales (redirect from Welsh local authorities)
These are considered to be "local government" by the Welsh Government. The joint committee's areas are conterminous with the partnership economic areas...
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Principal areas of Wales (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
principal area style, being called a "county council" (Welsh: cyngor sir) or a "county borough council" (Welsh: cyngor bwrdeistref sirol). The basic framework...
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List of committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Welsh Affairs Select Committee Northern Ireland Grand Committee Scottish Grand Committee Regional...
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Preserved counties of Wales (redirect from Welsh preserved counties)
The preserved counties of Wales (Welsh: siroedd cadwedig) are the eight current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty...
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Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
is an act of Senedd Cymru expanding and reforming the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) in Wales. Provisions of the act include creating...
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Leo Abse (category Welsh Labour MPs)
part of a devolved Scotland. Abse was briefly Chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee when it was first set up in January 1980, but resigned in November...
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Welsh independence (Welsh: Annibyniaeth i Gymru) is the political movement advocating for Wales to become a sovereign state, independent from the United...
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franchise, following long-standing calls for this by the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs. The Wales & Borders Train Company was formed on 14 October...
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Capital of Wales (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
Historically, Wales did not have a definite capital. In 1955, the Minister for Welsh Affairs informally proclaimed Cardiff to be the capital of Wales. Since 1964...
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Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee Advisory Committee on Works of Art House of Commons...
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