Wales devolution

• The Welsh Assembly is called the Senedd, and is elected using AMS. It generally has low turnouts of 35-50 % with Labour usually just falling short of a majority
• There was a referedum in 1997 to determine whether there should be a Welsh Assembly, with 50% turnout leading to the Wales Act 1998
• The 1998 Wales Act gave the Senedd the power over secondary legislation in specific areas - agriculture, fisheries, education, housing, and highways
• The 2006 Wales Act gave the Senedd the power to ask Westminster for greater powers, and power over primary legislation if approved by a referendum
• 2011 Welsh Assembly Referendum - asked Welsh citizens if they want the Assembly on all matters in the 20 subject areas it has powers for - Voted Yes (64%)

  Wales gained primary legislative powers in 20 devolved areas of policy, including health, transport, and agriculture
• Wales Act 2014 represented the first major change of tax powers to the Senedd - They could now set stamp rates, business rates, landfill tax, and other
• Wales Act 2017 established a greater transfer of power to Wales

  They gained control over their choice of electoral system after a qualified majority vote, and more policy areas such as road signs, onshore oil and gas, harbours, and rail franchises. They also had the power to vary the rate of income tax up to 10p - Welsh Revenue Authority.

  The only key policy areas omitted were policing and justice, but they were otherwise on the same footing as Scotland