National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MAWWFRS) holds responsibility for providing public safety information, prevention and protection programmes, whilst providing an emergency response cover for Mid and West Wales. The service employees over 1,400 members of staff who man 57 fire stations in total including a range of 5 whole-time stations which operates a shift pattern 24 hours a day. 11 Daily crewed stations in which case operate a daily shift

Wales has focused on the need to strengthen its institutional capabilities to interact with other government layers (including the European Union) with less levels of dependence. According to Rhodes (Entwistle, 2012), the delineation of powers between UK local and central government is described as a game-like negotiations in a complex system of networks in which central government is as much dependent on local government as powerful over it (Entwistle, 2012, p.6). This means that the Welsh government

‘There was a widespread public expectation that devolution would bring greater policy innovation and divergence between Scotland, Wales and the UK state.’ This essay will assess the situation of divergence and convergence in Wales with a specific focus on the period after the devolution settlement. To fully answer the question the essay shall be divided into several sections. Firstly, before attempting to answer the question it will illustrate what convergence and divergence are and the distinct

devolving creation of the Welsh Assembly and Scottish parliament due to the unification of England, Wales, and Scotland. The election of New Labour in 1997 facilitated devolution and it created a pressure to establish distinctive and more culturally aligned policies. Economic globalization and the growing wish to increase economical competition have driven regions and urban areas to improve their status, requiring the planning system to reorientate their role, calling the national power into question. The

Even though Conservatives in particular believe it may lead to the break-up of the UK because demands for independence will be fuelled by devolution. It was argued that demand for devolution was over-exaggerated, especially in Wales, so it was unnecessary. It creates an extra layer of government which will lead to confusion and increase costs to the taxpayer. In Scotland it was feared that taxes there would inevitably rise because Scotland is less prosperous than the UK as a whole. Nationalists have

To what extent is parliament still sovereign? For many years it has been argued that parliamentary sovereignty has, and still is, being eroded. As said by AV Dicey, the word ‘sovereignty’ is used to describe the idea of “the power of law making unrestricted by any legal limit”. Parliamentary sovereignty is a principle of the UK constitution, stating that Parliament is the supreme legal authority in the UK, able to create and remove any law. This power over-rules courts and all other jurisdiction

1. Introduction： Since the national waste strategy for Wales was launched in 2002, the Welsh recycling has got a dramatic development (Wales Government, 2010a). In 2010, Welsh government revises its overarching waste strategy to “Toward Zero Waste”. Based on this strategy, Wales will achieve highly recycle in 2025 and zero waste by 2050 (Wales Government, 2014a). In the past three years, the tonnes of waste recycled and composted have appeared a significant raising (statswales, 2014a). Meanwhile

Social Policy Report on Child Poverty in Wales and the UK Introduction In the UK, particularly in England and Wales, children’s life chances are determined by the economic status of the families into which they are a part of. Children from poor households are more likely to suffer the consequences of their families’ condition. They will have to endure the stigma of poverty in a profoundly lopsided society where the socioeconomic standing of individuals is determined by their capacity to buy. These

Wales voted for a devolved government in 1997 winning by a narrow margin, similar to the 2016 referendum referring to Brexit. Many of those who questioned devolution are also skeptical of leaving the European Union. Devolution is a transfer of power from a central government to lower levels as, we’ve talked about in class. In this case, the Parliament of the United Kingdom granted powers to the National Assembly of Wales along with the other sub nations. This allows the government to be more involved

Cardiff city is a County Borough and the capital of Wales. The history of Cardiff spans over 6000 years. The surrounding area was first inhabited in the Neolithic period. In fact, there are four Neolithic burial chambers are within a radius of 10 miles of the Cardiff city center. Until the Roman conquest of Britain, Cardiff was in the territory of an Iron Age Celtic British tribe. known as the Silures. Around 57 AD, during the reign of Emperor Nero, the Romans built a fort by the River Taff. This