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National Assembly for Wales: Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission):...
Catalogue reference: WA 32
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WA 32
This series contains digital files regarding the Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission) and its remit. Also included are records relating to Welsh Government evidence to the Commission.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WA 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Assembly for Wales: Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission): Digital Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2011-2018
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains digital files regarding the Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission) and its remit. Also included are records relating to Welsh Government evidence to the Commission.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Series arranged in file reference order.
References for born-digital records are automatically generated and display a 'Z' (either at the start of the piece reference or at the end), which distinguish them from traditional references allocated to paper and digitised records.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Welsh Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Welsh
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- National Assembly for Wales, 1999-1999
- Welsh Government, 2011-2011
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- digital record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2025 Welsh Government
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files selected in accordance with Welsh Government Operational Selection Policy 2011-2016
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Commission on Devolution in Wales, also known as the Silk Commission, was established in October 2011 by Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillian. It had the support of the Welsh Government and the three opposition parties in the National Assembly for Wales. The remit of the Commission was divided into two parts:
Financial accountability: to review the case for the devolution of fiscal powers to the National Assembly for Wales and to recommend a package of powers that would improve the financial accountability of the Assembly in line with the UK?s fiscal objectives and likely to have a wide degree of supportPowers of the National Assembly for Wales: to review its powers in the light of experience and to recommend modifications to the constitutional arrangements as they were at the time to enable the UK Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales to better serve the people of Wales
The Commission published two reports. The first report 'Empowerment and Responsibility: Financial powers to Strengthen Wales' was published on 19 November 2012. The second report was published in 2014. As a result of the Part I report, the UK Government introduced the Wales Act 2014 which bestowed a number of new financial powers on Wales, including taxation and borrowing powers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20576278/
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National Assembly for Wales: Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk Commission): Digital Files