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Finding Information from the National Assembly for Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Simon Speight
Simon Speight
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The National Assembly for Wales has now been in existence for almost two years. During that time it has produced a wide range of legislation, policy documents and other publications. In the post-devolution era, however, it can sometimes prove difficult to track down material from the various UK Parliaments and Assemblies. This article from Simon Speight provides a brief overview of the structure of the National Assembly, and then considers some of the ways in which its publications are made available to the public.
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Following its General Election victory in 1997, the new Labour Government set out its plans for devolution in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The proposals for a National Assembly for Wales were outlined in A Voice for Wales, published as a White Paper in July 1997. A referendum on the proposals was held on 18 September and, as many people know, the result was very close, with the outcome not known until the very last result was declared. In the end, however, the people of Wales said “Yes” to the Assembly by a margin of just 0.6% – 50.3% voting in favour of the Assembly, with 49.7% rejecting the proposals.

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Research Article
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Spring 2001 , pp. 46 - 50
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Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2001

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