Understanding devolution in Wales
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • 1 Political parties
  • 2 The evolving devolution settlement
    • 2.1 Pre-1979
    • 2.2 1979
    • 2.3 1997 referendum
    • 2.4 A very close vote
    • 2.5 Devising the new Assembly
    • 2.6 New politics
  • 3 The First Assembly (1999-2003)
  • 4 The Second Assembly (2003-2007)
    • 4.1 Richard Commission
    • 4.2 Bonfire of the Quangos
  • 5 The Third Assembly (2007-2011)
    • 5.1 One Wales Government
    • 5.2 LCOs
    • 5.3 All Wales Convention
    • 5.4 Referendum on law making powers
  • 6 The Fourth Assembly (2011-2016)
    • 6.1 Referrals to the Supreme Court
    • 6.2 The Silk Commission
    • 6.3 Two Wales Bills
  • 7 The Fifth Assembly (2016-2021)
    • 7.1 Raising taxes for the first time in 800 years
    • 7.2 An Assembly becomes a Parliament
  • 8 The Internal Market Bill and Brexit
  • 9 Section 1 summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Funding
    • 1.1 Accountability
    • 1.2 Fairness
    • 1.3 Holtham Commission
  • 2 A separate legal jurisdiction
    • 2.1 Thomas Commission
    • 2.2 Commissions in review
  • 3 The size of the Senedd
    • 3.1 Arguments against more MSs
    • 3.2 Arguments for more MSs
  • 4 A lack of scrutiny
    • 4.1 Media
    • 4.2 Civil society
    • 4.3 Wales’ Commissioners
  • 5 Inter-institutional relations
    • 5.1 Lack of a written constitution
    • 5.2 Political differences
    • 5.3 Comparisons with Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • 6 Section 2 summary
  • Introduction
  • 1 Interview with Roger Awan-Scully
  • 2 Welsh identity
  • 3 Attitudes towards devolution
  • 4 The Welsh Language
  • 5 Low voter turnout
  • 6 Votes at 16
  • 7 Section 3 summary
  • 8 End of course summary
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgements

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