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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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

A position paper relating to the devolution of policing and the justice system to Wales.

Draft of an e-mail to former Home Secretary Jacqueline Smith requesting her observations on the potential devolution of policing.

Draft of a statement, with amendments by Paul Silk, to be released along with the Commission's second report on the powers of hte National Assembly for Wales.

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.

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.

A position paper relating to the devolution of policing and the justice system to Wales.

A letter to Sir Paul Silk from Roger Lewis, Chair of Cardiff Airport, relating to the potential devolution of Air Passenger Duty (APD>