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# 3 Making change via the devolved administrations

In the UK, as a result of devolution, there are separate legislatures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Parliament (or Senedd), and the Northern Ireland Assembly. These bodies have the power to make laws and deliver public services in certain policy areas devolved to them by the UK Parliament. The Scottish and Welsh legislatures were established in the late 1990s, after the public voted yes to devolution. The establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly was a key part of the Good Friday Agreement and was then supported in a referendum in 1998.

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