Draft of a letter on the role of the Wales' Governance Centre
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Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Draft of a letter by Sir Paul Silk on the role of the Wales' Governance Centre in the work of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.
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Draft of a letter on the role of the Wales' Governance Centre
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Draft of a letter by Sir Paul Silk on the role of the Wales' Governance Centre in the work of the Commission on Devolution in Wales.
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Draft of the Commission's vision for devolution.
Draft of the executive summary
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
A draft of the executive summary of the Commission's second report on the powers of the National Assembly for Wales including tracked changes..
Draft of the Executive Summary
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
A draft of the executive summary of the Commission's second report on the powers of the National Assembly for Wales.
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Note recording the Commission's position on a number of issues around elections and the electoral system at a meeting held on 12 April 2023.
Draft subject paper on the National Assembly for Wales
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Draft of a paper, including tracked changes, setting out some of the arrangements for the National Assembly for Wales; the evidence received by the Commission along with their assessment of the evidence and some conclusions.
Draft of a letter to the Prime Minister
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Draft of a letter by Paul Silk to the Prime Minister David Cameron relating to progress on implementing the Commission's recommendations in the first report.
Draft letter on costs of new powers
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
A draft of a letter sent by Mark parkinson on behalf of the Commission to Glynne jones (UK Government) and Carys Evans (Welsh Government) regarding the process for transferring budgets from the UK Government to the Welsh Government in the event that additional responsibilities are devolved and asking for specific information in respect of potentially devolving functions of DCMS, DfT, Home Office, DWP and the Ministry of Justice.
Thoughts on on Taxation and Devolution
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
A draft of a speech or article exploring whether taxation should be devolved to Wales and how the Welsh devolution settlement has developed.
Note of the Models of Devolution Expert Evidence Seminar
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
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.
Note of a meeting with Chris Flatt
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Note of a meeting between the Commissioners and Chris Flatt, Deputy Director, Constitution and Communications, Scotland Office
held on 11 July 2013. Much of the note relate to the relationship between the Scotland Office and Scottish Government, especially over the legality of Scottish Acts, although the relationship between the Wales and Scotland Office, the lack of interest in a single Secretary of State for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and the exchange of staff were also discussed.
Note of a meeting with Ciaran Martin
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Note of a meeting with Ciaran Martin, Director of the Constitution Group at the Cabinet Office held on 1 July 2013. The relationship between the Welsh and UK Governments and how this compared to the relations with the other devolved governments, the merits of the conferred versus reserved powers model of devolution and the UK Government's approach to constitutional reform were discussed.
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
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.
Note of oral evidence given by Sir Roderick Evans
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
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.
Commission meeting with Secretary of State for Wales
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Note of a Commission meeting with Secretary of State for Wales held on 11 July 2013 where a number of the Commission's recommendations were discussed.
Minutes of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Commission
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Minutes of the Commission's meeting held on 12 April 2013.
Minutes of the twenty-second meeting of the Commissions
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Minutes of the twenty-second meeting of the Commissions held on 11 July 2013.
Minutes of the twenty-third meeting of the Commission
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
Minutes of the twenty-third meeting of the Commission held on 25/26 July 2013.
Note of an oral evidence session on the justice system
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
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).
Note of an oral evidence session on models of devolution
Part of Sir Paul Silk Papers
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.