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These Constitutional Quick Guides provide an overview of the constitutional arrangements in Wales.
On 4 July 2024, people across the UK went to the polls to vote in a general election. The result saw a large UK majority for the Labour Party, whic...
Ensuring that politicians are accountable to their electorate is a key principle of a modern democracy. But is the current system in the Senedd rob...
In only a few days time, Wales is due to have a new First Minister. Following Vaughan Gething’s decision to resign as leader of Welsh Labour and F...
On 17 July 2024, the King set out the new UK Government’s legislative programme for this parliamentary session. The speech included commitments on...
On 9 July 2024, the First Minister set out the Welsh Government’s legislative commitments for the rest of this Senedd term (which is due to end in...
On Tuesday, the Senedd will vote on the general principles of the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill. The Bill aims to ensure the Sened...
The results of the UK General Election are in! In Wales, Labour won the most seats, with 27, followed by Plaid Cymru with 4. The Liberal Democrats...
They say a week is a long time in politics, but how about 25 years? This year, the Senedd marks a quarter of a century. It’s an institution that...
The way laws are made in Wales has changed more in the last 25 years than in any other part of the United Kingdom. From the Assembly’s start as a...
Wales has operated within a joint legal jurisdiction with England for nearly 500 years. For centuries, this has worked with relative ease but as th...
The creation of the Assembly in 1999 resurrected Welsh as a legal language. Since then, the Senedd has been a bilingual legislature making laws of...
Throughout its 25-year history, the Senedd’s relationship with the UK Parliament has been a crucial element of Welsh law-making. This article expl...
Over the last 25 years, Supreme Court rulings have played a key role in how devolution and the law-making process are understood and work in Wales....
When the National Assembly for Wales met for the first time on 12 May 1999, the UK had been an EU Member State for over 26 years. For the first 20...
A collection of research briefs provided to the Petitions Committee to inform their consideration of each petition.
research.senedd.wales/ Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Constitutional Quick Guides Research Briefing September 2024 http://research.senedd.wales/ The Welsh Parliament is the democratically...
Welsh Parliament Senedd Research 25 years of Welsh law-making June 2024 Welsh Parliament Senedd Research senedd.wales The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represe...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill Bill Summary May 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the...
Mem Electoral Administration Bill This paper provides a short background to the Electoral Administration Bill which received its First Reading in the House of Commons on 11 October 2005. The aim...
