What 'extra powers' will the National Assembly for Wales get?

Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,908
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This all seems very vague.

The Assembly has had problems since its establishment due to the complicated settlement. Too many areas default to Westminster, meaning the Assembly has to make constant petition to have decisions speeded up or permission granted.
The set-up in Scotland was always much clearer.

I wish they'd sort it all out and give these devolved administrations parity.

Devolution has been rolled out in a very piecemeal and inconsistent way imo.

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  • clinchclinch Posts: 11,574
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    No idea. The constitution of the UK has been patched and botched so many times now that it's almost impossible to know who does what and where. Which probably makes it easier for the politicians to do us over.
  • BRITLANDBRITLAND Posts: 3,443
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    Full Fiscal Autonomy :p
  • corfcorf Posts: 1,499
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    No thank you, the welsh assembly is a mess, huge money is wasted. The members are inexperienced, businesses are fleecing them with loopholes in grants etc.

    I'm afraid I would push for less power for Wales as I have absolutely no confidence in the competency of the Assembly.
  • jmclaughjmclaugh Posts: 63,988
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    Not a huge amount by the look of it but then there hasn't been the same clamour for it in Wales as Scotland and Plaid did not have an SNP style landslide.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-32882044
  • Nick1966Nick1966 Posts: 15,742
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    clinch wrote: »
    The constitution of the UK has been patched and botched so many times now that it's almost impossible to know who does what and where. Which probably makes it easier for the politicians to do us over.

    What a depressing and potentially accurate insight into a contemporary UK.
  • BrokenArrowBrokenArrow Posts: 21,665
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    Title should be "what extra powys will Wales get".
  • jjnejjne Posts: 6,580
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    Nick1966 wrote: »
    What a depressing and potentially accurate insight into a contemporary UK.

    The result of a combination of an unwritten constitution, and the clamour for compromise and political expediency over principle and proper planning.

    The public gets what the public wants... expect the outcome of the EU referendum to provide more of the same.

    Ultimately it's the British arrogance that holds that our systems are the best, and we don't need root-and-branch reform, that has landed us in this mess.
  • mooxmoox Posts: 18,880
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    It's a total mess. The whole thing needs to be ripped up and redone - and something that works for all four countries in the union (and not just a few northern cities for England)
  • clinchclinch Posts: 11,574
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    moox wrote: »
    It's a total mess. The whole thing needs to be ripped up and redone - and something that works for all four countries in the union (and not just a few northern cities for England)

    Just so. We now have councillors in Leeds licking their lips at the prospect of a power grab - and they are trying to sell West Yorkshire plus York as Yorkshire devolution. Arseholes.
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