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They saw how local pro-independence groups were started across Scotland and were convinced that was the best way forward for Welsh independence as well. [9] [10] The official launch of YesCymru took place in Cardiff on 20 February 2016, with former Plaid Cymru chairman John Dixon in attendance. [2]
The Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government is directly responsible for more than 5,000 civil servants in Wales. The Permanent Secretary leads the Welsh Government civil service department, ensuring the department delivers the full range of devolved powers and duties that the Senedd has sole responsibility for as outlined in the Government of Wales Acts of 1998 and 2006 and the Wales Acts ...
The Welsh Government (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cymru) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of cabinet secretaries and ministers . It is led by the first minister , usually the leader of the largest party in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh : Senedd Cymru ), who selects ministers with the approval of the ...
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And, more recently, the Welsh government launched a new language strategy which aims to proactively develop Welsh-medium education, and ensure that by 2050 at least half of all English-medium ...
Welsh is an official language in Wales as legislated by the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. [192] Both Welsh and English are also official languages of the Senedd. [ 193 ] The proportion of the Welsh population able to speak the Welsh language fell from just under 50 per cent in 1901 to 43.5 per cent in 1911, and continued to fall to a low ...
Transport for Wales (TfW; Welsh: Trafnidiaeth Cymru; TrC) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. [3] TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) consisting of itself and its subsidiaries: Transport for Wales Rail, the train operator of the Wales & Borders railway franchise; Pullman Rail Limited; and TfW Innovation ...
The Welsh fishing industry is the smallest in the UK, with about 1,000 full-time and 400 part-time fishermen. [38] Commercial fishing in Wales employs approximately 600 people full-time and is valued at 39,000,000 pounds sterling. [66] 92% of Welsh fishing vessels are designated small-scale.