Ffeil B3/3 - Fourth Memorandum of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire and the Reply of the Prime Minister

Ardal dynodi

Cod cyfeirnod

B3/3

Teitl

Fourth Memorandum of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire and the Reply of the Prime Minister

Dyddiad(au)

  • 1959 (Creation)

Lefel y disgrifiad

Ffeil

Maint a chyfrwng

1 vol.

Ardal cyd-destun

Enw'r crëwr

(1949-1966)

Hanes gweinyddol

The Council for Wales and Monmouthshire was established by the Attlee government in May 1949 (as an alternative to a Welsh Secretary of State) as a nominated advisory council, but was denied any statutory powers. Its first chairman was the influential north Wales trade union leader Dr Huw T. Edwards. The Council produced detailed reports on the problems facing Wales, and consistently pressed for extended functions for government departments in Wales. The Council's publication Government Administration in Wales: Third Memorandum of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, Cmnd. 53 (HMSO, 1957) (the product of two years' intensive work) reopened the discussion on the Labour Party's position on Welsh devolution. Edwards resigned as chairman of the Council in 1958 and joined Plaid Cymru, in response to the lack of enthusiasm in the Labour Party for any separate powers for Wales. Nevertheless, the report paved the way for the inclusion of a policy commitment on the appointment of a Secretary of State for Wales in the 1959 Labour Party manifesto. Following Edwards's resignation, the Council was reconstituted, but thereafter declined in importance, although it remained in existence until 1966, when the post of Secretary of State for Wales was created by the Labour government.

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Ffynhonnell

Ardal cynnwys a strwythur

Natur a chynnwys

The file comprises a document published by the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire entitled "Fourth Memorandum (Government Administration in Wales) and the Reply of the Prime Minister" (Cmnd.631) relating to UK Government administration in Wales where the council calls for the appointment of a Secretary of State for Wales.

Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu

Croniadau

System o drefniant

Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd

Amodau rheoli mynediad

Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu

Iaith y deunydd

Sgript o ddeunydd

Nodiadau iaith a sgript

Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol

Cymhorthion chwilio

Ardal deunyddiau perthynol

Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol

Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau

Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig

Disgrifiadau cysylltiedig

Ardal nodiadau

Nodiadau

Preferred citation: sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans Papers B3/3.

Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill

Pwyntiau mynediad

Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd

Pwyntiau mynediad Enw

Pwyntiau mynediad Genre

Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad

Dynodwr disgrifiad

Dynodwr sefydliad

Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd

Statws

Lefel manylder disgrifiad

Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead

Iaith(ieithoedd)

Sgript(iau)

Ffynonellau

Ardal derbyn

Pobl a sefydliadau cysylltiedig

Genres cysylltiedig

Lleoedd cysylltiedig

Storfa ffisegol

  • Text: Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans Papers B3/3 (Box 3)