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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 began following the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 1998, with the responsibility of various devolved powers granted to the Welsh Government rather than being the responsibility of the Government of the United Kingdom.
The almost wholly anti-devolution, unionist Conservative Party won the 1979 general election (though Welsh Labour remained the largest party in Wales, the Conservatives only won 11 out of 36 seats in Wales) [1] and remained in government until 1997. Over this time, the Conservative Party became increasingly unpopular in Wales.
The United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, devolution (historically called home rule) is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies: the ...
For eleven years prior to 1997 Wales had been represented in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom by a Secretary of State who did not represent a Welsh constituency at Westminster. [15] A referendum was held in Wales on 18 September 1997 in which voters approved the creation of the National Assembly for Wales with a total of 559,419 votes, or 50.3 ...
Map of England and Wales, two of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. England and Wales (Welsh: Cymru a Lloegr) is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is ...
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 annexed Wales to England [19] to create the single legal entity, though legal differences remained. Further Acts meant this combined territory was referred to in law simply as 'England' from 1746 until 1967. Wales was described (in varying combinations) as the "country", "principality", and "dominion" of Wales.
Prior to devolution in 1999 many executive functions for Wales were carried out by the Secretary of State for Wales and the Welsh Office. The Welsh Office was a department in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Wales. It was established in April 1965 to execute government policy in Wales, and was headed by the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 January 2025. Granting of some competences of central government to local government This article is about the form of government. For other uses, see Devolution (disambiguation). "Devolved parliament" redirects here. For the painting, see Devolved Parliament (Banksy). See also: Subsidiarity and ...