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Draft of a speech given by Paul silk to the British Academy on the work of the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales.

Draft of a speech given by Sir Paul Silk at Aberystwyth University in March 2016 on the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales entitled Changing Society, Changing Law.

Speech given by Sir Paul Silk at the Hay Festival on the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales.

Note of a meeting between Paul Silk and Lord Rowe-Beddoe on 10 July 2013 where Lord Rowe-Beddoe presented his opinions on the devolved settlement and the benefits of a properly structured federal system for transparency and economic development.

Note of an oral evidence session on the justice system held on 25 July 2013 with evidence from Professor Rod Morgan, Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, the University Police Science Institute, University of Cardiff and the University of Sussex; and former chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (2004-7), Juliet Lyon CBE, the director of the Prison Reform Trust, Sarah Dew, Wales representative on the Board of Trustees of the Magistrates' Association, and Gavin McLeod, Secretary of the Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (WCAJTC).

A powerpoint presentation given to Blavatnik School Oxford in 2014 on Welsh devolution and the work of the independent Commission on Devolution in Wales.

Powerpoint presentation to the media on the Commission's recommendations for devolution in Wales.

Note of oral evidence given by Sir Roderick Evans, Former High Court Judge and Presiding Judge of Wales on 24 July 2013. Matters discussed include establishing a legal jurisdiction for Wales, Welsh the courts, the devolution of policing, tribunals, probation and prisons and a reserved verses conferred powers model of devolution.

Minutes of the twenty-third meeting of the Commission held on 25/26 July 2013.

Note of the Models of Devolution Expert Evidence Seminar held at Aberystwyth University on 25 June 2013 prepared by the Commission Secretariat discussion the merits of a reserved and conferred powers model of devolution.

A note of the Expert Seminar on Natural Resources held on 26 June 2013 at the Bridge Innovation Centre, Pembroke Dock with evidence from Dr Stevie Upton, Honorary Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre. Dr Roisin Willmott, National Director, RTPI Cymru, Llywelyn Rhys, Deputy Director, RenewableUK Cymru, Ted Sangster, Pembrokeshire Business Initiative andAlec Don, Chief Executive, Port of Milford Haven.

Note of a Commission meeting with Dickon Howell, Head of Marine Licensing at the Marine and Maritime Organisation on 11 July 2013. where the relationship between the MMO and the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales was discussed.

Note of a meeting with Sir Bob Kerslake, Head of the Civil Service, held on 11 July 2013 on the working of the Civil Service in relation to devolution and the Welsh Government was discussed.

Note of an Oral Evidence Session with Sir Robert Rogers, clerk of the House of Commons and Paul Evans, Principal Clerk of the table Office, held on 12 April 2013 at the Commission Office in Cardiff. Issues discussed include the Assembly's capacity to legislate, devolution of powers over elections, Legislative Consent Motions and relations between the Assembly and UK Parliament.

Note of an Oral Evidence Session with Kay Jenkins of the Electoral Commission held on 12 April 2013 at the Commission office in Cardiff. The issue of devolving responsibility for elections and the electoral franchise the the National Assembly for Wales was discussed.

Note of a meeting between Paul Silk and Lord Barry Jones where Lord Jones gave his observations and opinions on the desirability of devolving specific additional responsibilities to the National Assembly for Wales and how cross border issues would be managed.

Note of a Commission meeting with Richard Beaver, Director of Strategy, Ofwat, held on 11 July 2013 to discuss Offwat's relationship with the Welsh Government, possibilities to trade water between Wales and England and the return of responsibility for sewerage to Westminster in 2006.

Minutes of the Commission's meeting held on 12 April 2013.

Minutes of the twenty-second meeting of the Commissions held on 11 July 2013.

Note of an evidence session comparing conferred and reserved powers models of devolution held on 25 July 2013 at the Commission office in Cardiff. Evidence was taken from Ann Sherlock, Lecturer, Department of Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University and Professor Daniel Wincott, Professor of Law, Cardif University and co-chair of the Wales Governance Centre.