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National Assembly for Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In July 2002, the Welsh Assembly Government established an independent commission, with Lord Richard (former leader of the House of Lords) as chair, to review 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. The National Assembly for Wales (or NAfW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) is a devolved assembly (not a full legislature) with power to make regulations in Wales, and also is responsible for most UK government departments in Wales. In its 1997 White Paper, A Voice for Wales, the Labour Government argued that 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. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales   (867 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Subject Index: The Richard Commission Cymuned is of the opinion that Wales’ elected representatives, both in the National Assembly for Wales and the Westminster Parliament, have shown insufficient decisiveness in addressing the problems that the Welsh language, Welsh culture and Welsh-speaking communities are facing. We are dismayed by the manner in which the establishment of the National Assembly of Wales has led to an intensification of attacks, for party political purposes, upon the Welsh language, speakers of that language, and those who seek to promote its well-being and growth as a community language. Cymuned supports the National Assembly’s stated aim of creating a bilingual Wales. www.richardcommission.gov.uk /content/evidence/responses/cymuned   (1855 words)

National Assembly for Wales National Assembly for Wales is to relocate hundreds of jobs to new regional offices in Conwy, Aberystwyth and Merthyr by the end of 2007. The National Assembly for Wales is said to be in discussions with a group of companies operating under the name of Email4all about plans to set up an internet-based rival to the Royal Mail, and a data centre with 300 staff could be established in the Treforest and Nantgarw area. National Assembly for Wales is providing financial support to Contact Centres UK to set up a new financial services and legal call centre in Bridgend, with the creation of 50 jobs. www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /nas71750.htm   (1646 words)

Parlianet - National Assembly for Wales The proposal for the creation of a National Assembly for Wales was approved in a referendum on September 18th 1997 with 559,419 votes (50.3%) in favour of the Assembly and 552,698 votes (49.7%) against it. Subsequently, the UK Parliament passed the Government of Wales Act 1998, which established the National Assembly for Wales, and The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, which enables the transfer of the devolved powers and responsibilities from the Secretary of State for Wales to the Assembly. Further elections were held for the National Assembly for Wales on 1st May 2003. www.parlianet.com /addservices/welshassembly.asp   (476 words)

The National Assembly for Wales In this instance policy makers and administrators outside the National Assembly for Wales were not consulted. This was the first formal attempt to apply an assessment to a National Assembly for Wales initiative. In 1997 in England and Wales 206 deaths were classified as due to hypothermia (Office for National Statistics, 1998). www.housing.wales.gov.uk /printversion.asp?a=d8   (6664 words)

The National Assembly for Wales Wales has its own national assembly (The National Assembly for Wales – usually called The Assembly) that is responsible for areas of law and policy in Wales. The National Assembly for Wales does not have the power to make Acts of Parliament (this can only be done by the UK parliament at Westminster). The Secretary of State for Wales is a member of the UK government and must consult the Assembly on all laws made by the UK parliament. www.adviceguide.org.uk /nm/index/your_rights/civil_rights/national_assembly_for_wales.htm   (533 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Subject Index: Access to Information This year, the shadow WCH is already providing fellowships and bursaries (funded by the National Assembly) to enable senior professionals to fulfil exacting accreditation requirements to enable them to act as local directors of public health on Local Health Boards in Wales. The vast majority of health-related functions have been transferred to the Assembly, giving it broadly the same powers as the Secretary of State in respect of England, save for certain exceptions. Wales is well represented on the both the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Health Professions Council, both of which specify a minimum representation from each of the 4 UK countries. www.information.wales.gov.uk /content/extrareports/87-doc1-e.htm   (3376 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Procurement Unit The National Assembly for Wales is not a traditional government organisation.  Measured in corporate terms, we would be a FTSE 100 company!  Our turnover is over £8 billion per annum and we have upwards of 3,200 employees serving 2.9 million customers. As a supplier to the National Assembly for Wales you will play an increasingly important role in delivering our business objectives and contributing to our aim of providing high quality, efficient, responsive and customer focussed value for money services.  We want you to understand what to expect from us. Our ambition is to improve the quality of life of everyone living in Wales, now and in the future.   We believe that this ambition can be achieved if economic, environmental and social issues are simultaneously taken into account in everything that we do. www.winningourbusiness.wales.gov.uk /welcome.htm   (284 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). In 2005, in protest at the decision of the Labour Party nationally to impose an all-woman shortlist for the Parliamentary election in Blaenau Gwent, 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. Note: Peter Law was elected as the Labour assembly member for Blaenau Gwent in 2003. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Members_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales   (427 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Subject Index: Children First Play Wales is the national organisation for children's play in Wales; an independent charity funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. National Autistic Society - includes information about autism and Asperger syndrome, and about the support and services available in the UK for people with an autistic spectrum disorder, their families and professionals. Children in Wales is the national umbrella children's organisation in Wales. www.childrenfirst.wales.gov.uk /fe/fe_links/links_list.asp   (1866 words)

National Assembly for Wales: News: Public Information The National Assembly’s Committee on Smoking in Public Places has today (Tuesday May 10 2005) recommended a ban on smoking in enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places within two to three years. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales The Committee was set up in June 2004 to consider current evidence on relevant issues, including the health risks of environmental tobacco smoke and the economic impact of restrictions on smoking in public places, and look at experience in other countries where a ban has been introduced. www.publicinformation.wales.gov.uk /scripts/viewnews.asp?NewsID=433   (422 words)

National Assembly for Wales The assembly has taken over virtually all of the functions of the Secretary of State for Wales, spending the Welsh Office& £7 billion budget. The Assembly was created by the July 1998 Government of Wales Act, which was passed following the Welsh electorate's narrow approval of government proposals in an 18 September 1997 referendum on devolution. The assembly may pass secondary legislation, but, unlike the Scottish Parliament, does not have primary law-making powers, even in areas such as the Welsh language. www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0064603.html   (327 words)

National Assembly for Wales breaks ground with LANSA The National Assembly for Wales develops and implements policies, which reflect the particular needs of the people of Wales. Download: National Assembly for Wales Case Study (PDF 548KB) Wales is part of the UK and the Secretary of State for Wales and Members of Parliament from Welsh constituencies have seats in Westminster. www.lansa.com /casestudies/welshassembly.htm   (1421 words)

BBC - Wales - The National Assembly for Wales The Welsh Assembly Government is led by a First Minister who appoints a Cabinet of Ministers responsible for key policy areas. However, the National Assembly has control over a budget of more than £14 billion (2006-7 budget) and it can make secondary legislation on a defined range of policy areas. Wales was also the first UK nation to appoint a Children's Commissioner. www.bbc.co.uk /wales/culture/sites/aboutwales/pages/national_assembly.shtml   (650 words)

About My Vote - National Assembly for Wales When you vote in a National Assembly for Wales election you have two votes – one to elect your constituency member and one to elect your regional member. The Welsh Assembly Government is formed from the party or parties holding the most seats in the Assembly and is led by the First Minister. Ministers are answerable to the Assembly and have to answer questions from other AMs about their policies and activities. www.aboutmyvote.co.uk /DemoInst/NAWales.cfm   (319 words)

House approves experiment for Joint Activities with the National Assembly for Wales Assembly Members would be covered by full privilege when participating in our proceedings, and our Members would be covered only by the more limited privilege of the National Assembly for Wales. It recommends that, on an experimental basis, the Welsh Affairs Committee should be given power to invite Committees of the National Assembly for Wales to participate in its formal meetings, and that in those meetings the use of the Welsh language should be permitted in all circumstances. The Assembly's record is pretty miserable in that respect, as is clear from a comparison of the number of Bills passed there with the number passed in the Scottish Parliament, where the hon. www.commonsleader.gov.uk /output/page544.asp   (9052 words)

National Assembly for Wales Learning Wales Funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, the Assembly Learning Grant (ALG) provides extra money for students from low-income families when undertaking further education (FE) or higher education (HE). Applicants must normally be resident in Wales and studying in a publicly funded FE/HE institution or LEA maintained school or special school or college or with a sponsored organisation or third party provider. The ALG is for the same purposes as the HE Grant and eligible students cannot qualify for both ALG and HE Grant. www.learning.wales.gov.uk /alg/intro-e.htm   (433 words)

Wales Legislation Specific links have also been provided to the full text of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and its associated delegated legislation which established the National Assembly for Wales. Hypertext links are also provided to the full text of all United Kingdom Acts of Parliament and United Kingdom Statutory Instruments which apply exclusively or primarily to Wales and which have been previously published on the HMSO website and are now available on the United Kingdom Legislation website. The aim is to publish these documents on the Internet simultaneously or at least within 24 hours of their publication in printed form. www.opsi.gov.uk /legislation/wales/wales_legislation.htm   (179 words)

National Assembly for Wales Learning Wales The document clarifies when reports need to be made to the National Assembly for Wales or to the General Teaching Council for Wales and categories of person to whom the reporting requirement applies. This document consults on methods of defining schools according to Welsh medium provision, in response to a Welsh Assembly Government commitment in Iaith Pawb, the national action plan for a bilingual Wales. The Welsh Assembly Government now intends to provide guidance to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) on the procedures that will need to accompany the introduction of flexible tuition fees in Wales. www.learning.wales.gov.uk   (597 words)

Traffic Wales - Welcome to the Traffic Wales web site Traffic Wales obtains information from the traffic control centres on the state of the Assembly's road network on a 24/7 basis. Traffic Wales makes this information available to both the public and the media to help advise of any incidents or events that may cause problems for a journey on our roads. The Assembly has two traffic control Centres; one based in South Wales along the M4, and one based in North Wales along the A55. www.traffic-wales.com   (223 words)

Canllaw Online Constituency Assembly Members are elected by the public in their constituencies (areas of Wales) and then they represent their areas in the National Assembly. It has many powers and responsibilities to the people and services throughout Wales covering areas like environment, culture, transport, housing and the Welsh language etc. Many of these big responsibilities are handed to the Cabinet in the Welsh Assembly Government who are the ‘experts’ in a particular field like Education. The National Assembly meets twice a week (Tuesday pm and Wednesday pm) in the Chamber located in the Assembly Building in Cardiff Bay. www.canllaw-online.com /fe/world.asp?nodeidl2=226&level=3&nodeidl3=238   (469 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Subject Index: Environment The Assembly Government is particularly concerned about the effects on the bills of those least able to pay, and will wish to contribute to processes which are being taken forward to review the ways in which low income customers are helped with their water bills. The Assembly Government is aware that some of the requirements will not firm up in time for inclusion in final business plans and, in some cases, not until after 2005. The Assembly Government agrees with this priority and welcomes the proposals from companies in their draft business plans to increase the rate at which they are tackling this problem. www.cymru.gov.uk /subienvironment/content/guidance/prO4-guidance-w.htm   (5908 words)

GJW Cymru Wales - The Professional Approach to Politics GJW Cymru Wales - The Professional Approach to Politics www.gjwwales.co.uk   (9 words)

Carers UK : Our work nationally and with the Assembly Carers Wales works with the National Assembly for Wales to influence policy and practice for the benefit of carers. Carers Wales played a key role in the original development of the national Carers' Strategy in Wales. We are involved in many Assembly consultation and task groups to give the carer perspective and to raise awareness of the issues that affect carers' lives. www.carerswales.org /Aboutus/AboutCarersWales/OurworknationallyandwiththeAssembly   (304 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Subject Index: Wales Office of Research & Development To meet this aim, WORD develops, in consultation with partners, policy on RandD to reflect the health and social care priorities of the National Assembly for Wales. The Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care (WORD) is a Branch of the Strategy Unit in the Health and Social Care Department of the Welsh Assembly Government. The strategic aim of WORD is to ensure that policy and practice in health and social care in Wales are underpinned by evidence, for the benefit of patients and the public. www.word.wales.gov.uk   (241 words)

National Assembly for Wales: Subject Index: The Richard Commission The Commission on the Powers and Electoral Arrangements of the National Assembly for Wales was appointed in July 2002. We hope that our report, published on 31 March 2004 will contribute to decisions on the future of the National Assembly and the way Wales is governed in the future. Establish an independent Commission 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. www.richardcommission.gov.uk /content/template.asp?ID=/index.asp   (125 words)

Welsh European Funding Office Facilitating economic and social co-operation between Wales and Ireland through joint strategies for sustainable cross border development. Wales is receiving substantial support from the 2000-06 European Structural Funds Programmes, WEFO is responsible for managing all aspects of the funds in Wales. The Rural Development Plan provides a mechanism for supporting sustainable development in rural Wales www.wefo.wales.gov.uk   (307 words)

National Assembly for Wales As from 1 July 1999 the Board became accountable to the National Assembly for Wales and received the status of an Assembly Sponsored Public Body – a national or regional public body operating independently of Ministers, but for which Ministers are ultimately responsible. The majority of the Board’s funds are sought through a grant from the National Assembly for Wales. The Assembly also has the powers to reform the Board under Section 28 of the 1998 Government of Wales Act. www.cardiff.gov.uk /egov/consultation/NAfW/wlbdoc_e.html   (1544 words)

National Assembly for Wales Documents Wales Council for the Blind and Cardiff Institute for the Blind transcribe National Assembly for Wales documents onto audiotape and braille respectively. Physical Education and School Sport - Action Plan for Wales This page will be updated to inform you of what is available and from where. www.wcb-ccd.org.uk /English/Accessible_Media/naw_docs.htm   (282 words)

Parliament.aspx?id=10375&glossary=true The National Assembly for Wales was set up as part of the process of Devolution initiated by the Labour Government elected in 1997. Further information can be obtained from the National Assembly for Wales website. The new Assembly took over the responsibilities of the Welsh Office and has powers to make secondary, but not primary, legislation. www.explore.parliament.uk /Parliament.aspx?id=10375&glossary=true   (78 words)

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