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The Welsh devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation of a National Assembly for Wales, and therefore a degree of self-government.
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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 ...
May 6, 2024 · Monday 6 May marks 25 years since the first election to Cardiff Bay and the start of Welsh devolution. It followed a referendum two years earlier where a narrow majority of voters backed...
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- Referendum Question
- Opinion Polls and Comments
- Overall Result
- Reactions to The Result
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Part IV of the Government of Wales Act 2006 provided for the National Assembly for Wales to pass Acts instead of Measures. Acts required only the consent of the Assembly, whereas Measures required a Legislative Competence Order involving the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Wales, Parliament, and Privy Council. However, Part IV could not com...
Draft question
The draft referendum question submitted by the Welsh Secretary to the Electoral Commission on 23 June 2010 was: This wording was, however, criticised by the Welsh Government.
Revised question
A revised question was released in September 2010: permitting a simple YES / NOanswer (to be marked with a single (X)).
In 2007, one poll suggested that 47% might say Yes in a referendum vote, with 44% against. A poll in February 2008 saw 49% in favour of a full law-making parliament and 41% against. On 3 February 2010 the Western Mail endorsed the Yes campaign. A BBC poll released on 1 March 2010 (St. David's Day) found that support had risen for full law making po...
The results were counted and announced the following day on Friday 4 March 2011, locally initially with the final result declared at the Senedd in Cardiff by the Chair of the Electoral Commission Jenny Watsonwho announced the result in both Welsh and English. In 21 of 22 unitary authorities, the vote was Yes. The only counting area to declare a No ...
First MinisterCarwyn Jones said: "Today an old nation came of age." Deputy First Minister and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jonessaid that it marked "the beginning of a new era of Welsh devolution - the decade to deliver for Wales. ... To demand respect, you must first display self-respect. Today we have done just that, and the rest of the world can...
Official website of the "YES" campaign "Yes for Wales" Archived 9 January 2011 at the Wayback MachineOfficial website of the "YES" campaign "Tomorrow's Wales" Archived 20 November 2011 at the Wayback MachineOfficial website of the "NO" campaign by "Mark Beech" Archived 22 February 2011 at the Wayback MachineSep 18, 2017 · From an assembly with very limited powers, and a debating chamber once described as resembling a restaurant on a cross-channel ferry, to plans to call itself a Welsh Parliament - how devolution...
May 7, 2024 · Recognising our new fiscal responsibilities, we made the first Welsh tax legislation for 800 years with the land transaction tax and the landfill disposals tax. Devolution permitted the creation of the Welsh Revenue Authority, which was Wales’ first non-ministerial government department.
Jul 31, 2018 · In advance of the Welsh devolution referendum of September 1997, which narrowly endorsed Labour’s plans for a Welsh Assembly, the then Secretary of State for Wales Ron Davies memorably referred to devolution being “a process, not an event”.
