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	National Assembly for Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Assembly is led by First Minister Rhodri Morgan and a nine strong Cabinet.
		In its 1997 White Paper "A Voice for Wales" the Labour Government argued the Assembly would be more democratically accountable than the Welsh Office, which was represented in the British Cabinet by a Secretary of State who often did not even represent a Welsh constituency at Westminster.
		In July 2002 the Welsh Assembly Government established an independent commission, with Lord Ivor Richard (former leader of the House of Lords) as chair, into the powers and electoral arrangements of the National Assembly in order to ensure that it is able to operate in the best interests of the people of Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Welsh_Assembly (653 words)

	Encyclopedia: Welsh Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Government's plans for devolution.
		However, supporters of the Assembly argue that it is more democratically accountable than the Welsh Office, which was represented in the British Cabinet by a Secretary of State who often did not even represent a Welsh constituency at Westminster.
		Under the Additional Member System of proportional representation, 40 of the AMs are elected from single-member constituencies on a First Past the Post basis, the constituencies being equivalent to those used for the House of Commons, while the remaining 20 AMs are elected on regional lists, in order to achieve a proportional result overall.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Welsh-Assembly (436 words)

	CAIN: Democratic Dialogue: Papers - The Northern Ireland Assembly and Women: assessing the gender deficit
		One respondent, as a member of the Committee of the Centre, stated she was "still undecided on its effectiveness on the matter." This is in contrast with the wholehearted embrace of equal opportunities evident in the Scottish Parliament.
		Democratic Dialogue was concerned to hear the views of the male members of the Assembly regarding the inclusion of women in the political arena and the extent to which they might support efforts to bring about a culture of greater gender equality.
		The contrast between the male and female members of the Assembly in terms of self-confidence and perceptions regarding the public arena are readily apparent from the differing responses to many of the issues raised by the questionnaires.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /dd/papers/women-assembly.htm (6670 words)

	Members of the National Assembly for Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 members known as AMs or assembly members (in Welsh: ACau or Aelodau'r Cynulliad).
		Note: Peter Law was elected as the Labour assembly member for Blaenau Gwent in 2003.
		In 2005, in protest at the decision of the Labour Party nationally to impose an all-woman shortlist for the Parliamentary election, he successfully stood as an independent candidate for the UK Parliament against the Labour Party's own candidate, and consequently was automatically expelled from the Labour Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Members_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales (438 words)

	Gwenda Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gwenda Thomas AM (born 1942) is the Labour Welsh Assembly Member for Neath.
		Thomas was first elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 having almost doubled her majority.
		She is a campaigner for carers's rights, and a past member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gwenda_Thomas (216 words)

	Guardian \| Welsh assembly caught in building storm
		The story of the long-awaited Welsh assembly is a sorry one, a tale of how not to commission a major public building, how not to serve the Welsh electorate and how not to treat a firm of world class architects.
		Edwina Hart, the Welsh finance minister appointed by the assembly to run the project with an all-party steering committee, accused RRP of underestimating construction costs and said she and her committee members had lost confidence in Lord Rogers' ability to deliver the building to the agreed budget.
		Members of the assembly might yet do what politicians are good at: they could perform a u-turn.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4318821-110432,00.html (1233 words)

	Encyclopedia: Welsh Assembly Election, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The second election to the Welsh Assembly was held on May 1, 2003.
		The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party, whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned.
		Michael German (born 1945) is leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for South Wales East Region.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Welsh-Assembly-Election%2C-2003 (814 words)

	Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Although the Druidic religion is alleged to have had its stronghold in Wales until the Roman invasion, many of the so-called traditions, such as the gorsedd or assembly of bards, were the invention of eighteenth-century "historians".
		The traditional women's Welsh costume, incorporating a tall fl hat, was devised in the nineteenth century by Lady Llanover, herself a prominent patron of the Welsh language and culture.
		The National Assembly for Wales sitting in Cardiff, first elected in 1999, is elected by the Welsh people and has its powers defined by the Government of Wales Act, 1998.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Wales.html (1513 words)

	Welsh Assembly: Re-Arranging Titanic's Deckchairs \| The Socialist 17 April 2004
		So the Welsh Assembly, even under these proposals, will have no power over fiscal and monetary policy, employment legislation, most energy matters, the railways, social security, broadcasting, equal opportunities, police or criminal justice, as well as defence, immigration and nationality issues.
		Richard concedes that there is a case for tax raising powers for the Welsh Assembly but everyone knows that there is little scope for taxing Wales anymore because the Welsh GDP is the lowest in Britain.
		So unless a socialist leadership of the Assembly is elected that fights for the return of the billions of pounds taken from public services in Wales and the rest of Britain over the past 25 years then none of the crushing problems affecting public services can be solved.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/343/pp10.htm (702 words)

	Welsh Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The National Assembly for Wales (known in Welsh asCynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of theLabour Government's plans for devolution.
		However, supporters of the Assembly argue that it is more democratically accountable than the WelshOffice, which was represented in the British Cabinet by a Secretary of State whooften did not even represent a Welsh constituency at Westminster.
		Under the Additional Member System of proportional representation, 40 of the AMs are elected from single-member constituencies on a First Past the Post basis, the constituencies beingequivalent to those used for the House of Commons,while the remaining 20 AMs are elected on regional lists, in order to achieve a proportional result overall.
	www.therfcc.org /welsh-assembly-47446.html (272 words)

	NGH News: Homeworkers meet with Welsh Assembly members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		On the 17th November, the National Group On Homeworking met at the Welsh Assembly with Daffyd Wigley, John Law and Dai Lloyd, also present were a number of homeworkers.
		Out of the meeting came a positive response from the three Assembly Members present, who promised to support NGH in their campaign for better conditions for homeworkers and also promised their support to look at the question of financial support from the National Assembly to help fund the appointment of an Welsh Coordinator for NGH.
		Linda Devereux, NGH Director, felt that a positive response from the Welsh Assembly was important.
	www.homeworking.gn.apc.org /news/wales.html (280 words)

	Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Wales: Government
		Welsh European Funding Office · An executive agency of the National Assembly for Wales to manage all aspects of European Structural Fund Programmes in Wales, the Rural Development Plan and the Local Regeneration Fund.
		Welsh Advisory Committee on Telecommunications · Independent body established to advise the Director General of the Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) on telecoms issues affecting Wales.
		Welsh Development Agency (WDA) · Includes information for companies considering investing in Wales as well information about the country, its industries and the companies that are already established.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=105856 (475 words)

	RNID.org.uk: About RNID: In your area: Wales: Campaigns: National Assembly for Wales information
		Welsh Assembly Members have become more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people.
		On 4 July 2002, Welsh Assembly Members and their support staff received a second deaf awareness training session to help them learn about the different communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing people.
		If you would like to access the Assembly’s BSL service to listen to a plenary session or a regional committee meeting, or to take a public information tour of the Assembly building in Cardiff Bay, then ring the booking line two weeks in advance.
	www.rnid.org.uk /about/in_your_area/wales/campaigns/national_assembly_wales?print=true (257 words)

	Politicians are warned on dangers of 'spin'
		Politicians must develop a culture of honesty, rather than "spin," if they are to reverse a meltdown of public trust which could do irreparable damage to Britain's democratic system, Welsh Assembly Members have been told.
		Professor Tait is a member of the Independent Review of Government Communications, chaired by Guardian Media Group Chief Executive Bob Phillis, which was commissioned by the Government after the Jo Moore/Martin Sixmith case, which highlighted the conflict between civil servants and Government-appointed advisers.
		This was the latest in a series of expert briefings to the Assembly by academic staff at Cardiff University.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-01/cu-paw012304.php (423 words)

	icWales - Hain warns of tougher rules for Welsh AMs
		WELSH Secretary Peter Hain today said he may toughen up rules governing the behaviour of Welsh Assembly list Members after the leak of a Plaid Cymru memo suggesting they cut back on constituency casework.
		"If the Assembly is not to tighten the rules on the behaviour of list Members and the abuse of their allowances then I might have to take powers under this Bill to do so myself," he added.
		The Assembly is composed of 40 Members elected for first-past-the-post seats and a further 20 returned from party lists in regional constituencies with the aim of producing a more proportional outcome.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=15759815%26method=full%26siteid=50082%26headline=hain%2dwarns%2dof%2dtougher%2drules%2dfor%2dwelsh%2dams-name_page.html (378 words)

	Cardiff West Conservatives - People - Welsh Assembly Members
		After serving as education spokesman during the first assembly term - where he highlighted the funding shortfalls affecting schools in parts of Cardiff - Jonathan was handed the health brief in 2003 which he has used to expose the Labour assembly government's disastrous handling of the Welsh NHS.
		One of the National Assembly's youngest members, he is one of the institution's most effective performers and has held the Labour government to account on issues as diverse as hospital waiting lists, council tax rises and student hardship.
		David was instrumental in drafting the Welsh Conservative Party's manifesto for the 2003 National Assembly elections and since his election in 1999 has consistently challenged Labour's management of the NHS in Wales.
	www.cardiffwestconservatives.com /page/2/25 (569 words)

	Press Release 'The Welsh National Assembly Holds Official Event on the Armenian Genocide'
		On Wednesday, 30 October 2002, Assembly Members from different political parties, as well as Welsh and Armenian organisations or individuals, met at the National Assembly of Wales in Cardiff to mark the majority signature by Assembly Members in Wales of the Statement of Opinion (2000-0029) that calls upon Turkey to recognise the Armenian Genocide.
		She urged Assembly Members to follow on this event with further action that would enhance the official recognition of the Armenian Genocide throughout the whole United Kingdom.
		Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian read an excerpt from a letter sent to the Assembly Members in Wales by His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II in which the Armenian Church leader wrote, 'Genocide is not a crime against one nation, but rather a crime against all people.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /cragsite/WelshPressRelease31stOct.htm (560 words)

	The National Autistic Society - Welsh Assembly members tackle the challenge of autism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Hosted by the Assembly's Finance Secretary, Edwina Hart, on behalf of The National Autistic Society Wales, this ground-breaking reception aims to bring to the attention of Assembly Members, and staff, the concerns of the estimated 27,500 people with an autistic spectrum disorder in Wales.
		The National Autistic Society Wales is delighted that so many members of the Welsh Assembly, and their staff, are taking the time to meet and talk with us next week.
		The Welsh Assemblys mandate includes being accessible to everybody, and receptions such as this are occasions for Assembly Members to increase their understanding of important issues.
	www.nas.org.uk /nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=396&a=2645 (788 words)

	Welsh Assembly Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Assembly is chaired by the Presiding Officer, who is the equivalent of the Speaker of the House of Commons and who is elected by the whole Assembly.
		The 60 Assembly Members delegate their executive powers (the making and implementing of decisions and laws) to the First Minister, who is elected by the whole Assembly and therefore usually represents the largest political party.
		The Cabinet is accountable to the rest of the Assembly, which scrutinises all its decisions and actions.
	www.walesinternationalconsortium.com /stakeholders/wag.shtml (238 words)

	Society \| Welsh assembly members face police inquiry
		Four Welsh assembly members are today facing a police investigation following allegations that they failed to declare they were employing their spouses with assembly funds.
		The four members (AMs) Ann Jones (Labour), Eleanor Burnham (Liberal Democrat), Jocelyn Davies (Plaid Cymru) and Conservative newcomer in last year's May election Mark Isherwood, are alleged to have neglected to disclose on the register the paid work done by their partners.
		A Welsh assembly spokeswoman said the assembly contacted the police as soon as they became aware of the content of the programme.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4782138-105910,00.html (474 words)

	News Wales > Environment > Keep Welsh nuclear plant closed, say campaigners
		Welsh Assembly Members today heard the results of a Greenpeace funded report into the dangers of allowing the ageing Wylfa nuclear power station on Anglesey to reopen.
		Greenpeace is launching the report at the National Assembly because of the interest that the Assembly has in issues of nuclear safety.
		The campaign is demanding that the National Assembly ensures that all information on nuclear safety is made public, and that the Minister for the Environment should ask the NII to keep the reactors closed.
	www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Environment&id=3336&F=1 (663 words)

	Wrexham Conservatives - People - Welsh Assembly Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Elected to the Assembly in 2003, he stood in Delyn at that year's elections, having been the Conservative candidate in Alyn and Deeside at the 2001 General Election where he secured the largest swing to the party in Wales.
		Brynle was elected to the assembly as AM for North Wales in 2003 having stood as a candidate in Clwyd West.
		The straight-talking farmer is president of the Denbighshire and Flintshire Agricultural Society, chairman of Flintshire County Farmers Union of Wales, and a member of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Council.
	www.wrexhamconservatives.com /page/2/25 (486 words)

	Friends of the Earth Cymru: Resource
		Friends of the Earth Cymru's response calling for the National Assembly to set a target of 30 per cent of current Welsh electricity demand to be met with renewables by 2010.
		The Welsh Assembly Government proposes to remove our right to a public hearing on safety issues before GM crops are commercialised.
		This briefing, presented to Assembly Members before the vote, outlines the importance of the motion and the powers it gives to the National Assembly.
	www.foe.co.uk /cymru/english/resource/index.html (2091 words)

	Brecon & Radnorshire Conservatives - People - Welsh Assembly Members
		As a member for the Mid and West Wales region, Nick is a tireless campaigner for our rural communities, opposing wind farm developments, the closure of post office and small schools, and pressing for improved health care provision in non-urban areas.
		As an Assembly member, Glyn has highlighted a range of issues from the impact of rising council tax levels on rural communities and the problems of cross-border treatment on the NHS, to the threat to rural schools.
		She is the Conservative spokeswoman for the Welsh language and culture, and on older people's issues.
	www.breconandradnorconservatives.com /page/2/25 (913 words)

	Assembly Online \| Real life is not like the movies or the advertisements, where they all have white shiny teeth - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Welsh Bac is a mess according to the BBC.
		'Welsh public bodies need to show that delivery against this duty is a live part of their regular work.
		The Welsh Assembly Government has been criticised for failing to pay for permanent lights on a road near the Royal Welsh Show where a teenager died.
	www.assemblyonline.org (1422 words)

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