• The Commission on Devolution in Wales (Welsh: Comisiwn ar Ddatganoli yng Nghymru), also known as the Silk Commission, was an independent commission established...
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    Commission on Devolution in Wales was set up in October 2011 to consider further devolution of powers from London. The commission issued a report on the...
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    Welsh devolution is the transfer of legislative powers for self-governance to Wales by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current system of devolution...
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    created the Commission on Devolution in Wales (also known as Silk Commission), composed of members nominated by the 4 parties represented in the Welsh Assembly...
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    The Commission on Scottish Devolution (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean Fèin-riaghlaidh na h-Alba; Scots: Commeessioun on Scots Devolutioun), also referred...
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    reopened in Wales and following Welsh devolution, the Wales and Borders passenger rail franchise was established in 2001 and the operator was taken into...
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    Welsh law (redirect from Law in Wales)
    Wales is part of the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales, one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. However, due to devolution,...
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  • Welsh devolution, increasing the autonomy for Wales, since the Welsh legislature of the Senedd was founded following the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum...
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  • The Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, also known as the McKay Commission, was an independent commission established...
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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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    Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional...
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  • House of Commons debates on devolution. In 2011 the UK Government set up the Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons, chaired...
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    Senedd) on 1 October 1949. Speakers and entertainment were also at the event. From 1950-to 1956, Parliament for Wales Campaign brought devolution back onto...
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  • special responsibility in representing Scotland as well as having other duties. Six commissioners favoured legislative devolution for Wales. This would be similar...
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    Act on 31 July 1998 and, on 1 July 1999, the Welsh Office was replaced with the "Wales Office". Welsh devolution Scotland Act 1998 Royal Commission on the...
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    Ministers on the law reform matters that they referred to the Commission. Welsh devolution Commission on Devolution in Wales St David's Day Agreement Wales Act...
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  • Barnett formula (category Devolution in the United Kingdom)
    solution to resolve minor Cabinet disputes in the runup to the 1979 devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales. The Barnett formula is said to have "no...
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    alternative mechanisms. In 2011, the Commission on Devolution in Wales (the Silk Commission) was set up to review the case for the devolution of fiscal powers...
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    St David's Day Agreement (category Government of Wales)
    was published in the command paper Powers for a purpose: Towards a lasting devolution settlement for Wales. The document was announced on 27 February 2015...
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    the Welsh Government. Yes for Wales Commission on Scottish Devolution Referendums in the United Kingdom Welsh devolution What is the referendum about?...
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    final report was published in 1973. The commission examined various models of devolution, federalism and confederalism, on top of the break-up of the...
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    (independence was rejected) and the campaign promise of devolution resulted in the formation of the Smith Commission and the eventual passage of the Scotland Act...
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    a split report in 1973. The Royal Commission recommended legislative and executive devolution to Scotland and Wales, with a minority supporting advisory...
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  • known as devolution max, devo-max, or fiscal federalism – is a particular form of far-reaching devolution proposed for Scotland and for Wales. The term...
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  • Kilbrandon Commission, causing the Labour Party in Wales to consider once more the case for devolution – this time in its favour. Labour victory in the February...
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    Wales, but not in general matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament, and Senedd. Additionally, devolution...
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  • Transaction Tax and Landfill Disposals Tax. The devolution schemes in Scotland and Wales are set up in a similar manner. The Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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    proposed further Welsh devolution. Cyfraith Hywel or "Laws of Hywel Dda" was a system of medieval Welsh Law that was exercised in Wales, after being codified...
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  • constituencies had been counted. The opposition Conservative Party in 2008 commissioned a report, "Devolution, The West Lothian Question and the Future of the Union"...
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    referendum, on devolution, saw the Welsh electorate vote narrowly in favour of establishing a National Assembly for Wales by 50.3 per cent, on a 50.2 per...
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