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href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Department overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-history_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding Department</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Office" title="Welsh Office">Welsh Office</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom#Ministerial_departments" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">Ministerial department</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 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class="infobox-data">~£4.7 million for 2016–2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Secretary of State responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Stevens" title="Jo Stevens">Jo Stevens</a> MP, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Wales" title="Shadow Cabinet of Wales">Shadow Cabinet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fourth_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Andrew_RT_Davies" title="Fourth Shadow Cabinet of Andrew RT Davies">current</a>) </p> <hr /> <div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a> <ul><li>Primary (<div class="hlist inline"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Acts</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">Measures</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_and_measures_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="List of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru">list</a></li></ul></div>)</li> <li>Secondary (<div class="hlist inline"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_statutory_instrument" title="Welsh statutory instrument">Statutory instruments</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_statutory_instruments_of_the_Welsh_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="List of statutory instruments of the Welsh Assembly">list</a></li></ul></div>)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">Members (MSs)</a> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Senedd" title="Members of the 6th Senedd">Current members</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Senedd_elections" title="List of Senedd elections">Elections</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_by-elections_to_the_Senedd" title="List of by-elections to the Senedd">by-elections</a>)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Constituencies and electoral regions</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions#Senedd" title="First Minister's Questions">First Minister's Questions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Senedd Commissioner for Standards">Senedd Commissioner for Standards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">Devolution referendum</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</a> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006 Act</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">2014 Act</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">2017 Act</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd#Buildings" title="Senedd">Senedd estate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Bay" title="Cardiff Bay">Cardiff Bay</a> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Senedd_building" title="Senedd building">Senedd building</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%B7_Hywel" title="Tŷ Hywel">Tŷ Hywel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pierhead_Building" title="Pierhead Building">Pierhead Building</a>)</li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul> </li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Wales and the United Kingdom</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">HM Government</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer ministry</a></div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></b><br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rt Hon">Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a></b><br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rt Hon">Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Jo_Stevens" title="Jo Stevens">Jo Stevens</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span> (L) </p> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2024–present)">59th Parliament</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></li></ul></div></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wales Office</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales">Under-Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Grand_Committee" title="Welsh Grand Committee">Welsh Grand Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Welsh Affairs Select Committee">Welsh Affairs Select Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interministerial_Standing_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Interministerial Standing Committee">Interministerial Standing Committee</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#UK_parliament_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Wales" title="List of UK Parliament constituencies in Wales">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2024–present)">Current Westminster MPs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_formula" title="Barnett formula">Barnett formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_devolved_matters_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of devolved matters in Wales">Devolved matters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">Reserved matters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motion</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Wales" title="Unionism in Wales">Unionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Independence</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics of the United Kingdom</a></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">Law and justice</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales-only_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales-only laws">Wales-only laws</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542" title="Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542">Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_and_Berwick_Act_1746" title="Wales and Berwick Act 1746">Wales and Berwick Act 1746</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Wales" title="Capital of Wales">Capital of Wales</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">Courts of England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Welsh_Tribunals" title="President of Welsh Tribunals">President of Welsh Tribunals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_forces_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Police forces of Wales">Police forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner#Wales" title="Police and crime commissioner">list</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local administration</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">History</a> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Wales" title="Subdivisions of Wales">Subdivisions of Wales</a></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Historic_Counties_of_Wales" title="Template:Historic Counties of Wales">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wales_preserved_counties" title="Template:Wales preserved counties">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">Principal areas</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_principal_areas" title="List of Welsh principal areas">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales" title="Districts of Wales">Former districts</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rural_and_urban_districts_in_Wales_in_1973" title="List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973">list pre-1973</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales#Districts_1974–1996" title="Districts of Wales">list 1974-1996</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government</a></div> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Category:Local_authorities_of_Wales" title="Category:Local authorities of Wales">Principal councils</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_Welsh_councils" title="List of leaders of Welsh councils">leader list</a>) <a href="/wiki/Corporate_Joint_Committee" title="Corporate Joint Committee">Corporate Joint Committees</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales#Cities" title="Local government in Wales">Cities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Wales" title="List of cities in Wales">list</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_in_Cardiff" title="Politics in Cardiff">Cardiff</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Cardiff" title="List of mayors of Cardiff">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Council" title="Cardiff Council">Council</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a> (<a href="/wiki/City_and_County_of_Swansea_Council#Mayoralty" title="City and County of Swansea Council">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/City_and_County_of_Swansea_Council" title="City and County of Swansea Council">Council</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Newport" title="Mayor of Newport">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Newport_City_Council" title="Newport City Council">Council</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Wrexham" title="Mayor of Wrexham">Mayor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_County_Borough_Council" title="Wrexham County Borough Council">Council</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Community_council#Wales" title="Community council">Community council</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wales" title="City status in the United Kingdom">Communities with city status</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_City_Council" title="Bangor City Council">Bangor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/St_Asaph#Governance" title="St Asaph">St Asaph</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/St_Davids#Governance" title="St Davids">St Davids</a></li></ul></div></li></ul> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Wales" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Wales">Local twinning</a> </p> <hr /> <p>see also: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Wales" title="Regions of Wales">Regional terms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regional_economy_in_Wales" title="Regional economy in Wales">Regional economy</a> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Elections and referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#Devolved_parliament_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Senedd elections</a></b><br /> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Senedd_election" title="Next Senedd election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#UK_parliament_elections" title="Elections in Wales">United Kingdom Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_(Wales)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom (Wales) (page does not exist)">1801 co-option</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1802_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1802 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1806_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1806 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1807_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1807 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1812_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1812 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1818_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1818 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1820_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1820 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1830_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1830 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1832_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1832 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1835_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1835 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1837_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1837 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1847_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1847 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1857_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1857 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1859_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1859 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Wales (page does not exist)">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1983 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2019</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/2017_Welsh_local_elections" title="2017 Welsh local elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Welsh_local_elections" title="2022 Welsh local elections">2022</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#Police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Police and crime commissioner elections</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2021</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1915%E2%80%931916_Church_of_England_border_polls" title="1915–1916 Church of England border polls">1915–16 Anglican border polls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_mayoral_referendums" title="England and Wales mayoral referendums">2004 Ceredigion mayoral</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd constituencies and electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Parliament_constituencies_in_Wales" title="List of UK Parliament constituencies in Wales">UK parliamentary constituencies in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Wales" title="List of political parties in Wales">Political parties</a></li></ul> </li></ul></div> <div class="hlist"><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">Represented in the Senedd</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_think_tanks_in_Wales" title="List of think tanks in Wales">Think tanks</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Wales" title="Category:Politics of Wales">Category</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Wales" title="Template talk:Politics of Wales"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Wales" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Wales"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Wales Office</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Swyddfa Cymru</i>), previously the <b>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru</i>) from 2017 to 2024, is a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">department</a> of <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">His Majesty's Government</a>. It replaced the former <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Office" title="Welsh Office">Welsh Office</a>, which had extensive responsibility for governing <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> prior to <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Welsh devolution in 1999</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wales_Office&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the past, the Office was called "Wales's voice in Westminster and Westminster's voice in Wales". However, it is significantly less powerful since the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</a>: it is primarily responsible for carrying out the few functions remaining with the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> that have not been transferred already to the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> (Welsh Parliament); and for securing funds for Wales as part of the annual budgetary settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Wales has overall responsibility for the office, but it is located administratively within the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a> (until 2007, the Department for Constitutional Affairs). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers">Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wales_Office&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministers in the Wales Office are as follows, with cabinet members in bold:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Minister </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Office </th> <th>Portfolio </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">The Rt Hon.</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jo_Stevens" title="Jo Stevens">Jo Stevens</a></b> <span style="font-size:85%;">MP</span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/112px-Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Jo_Stevens_MP_crop_2%2C_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> </td> <td>Overall responsibility; Welsh Government and Senedd Liaison; Foreign Affairs; Defence. </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nia_Griffith" title="Nia Griffith">Nia Griffith</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">MP</span></i> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg/75px-Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg/112px-Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Nia_Griffith_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales</a> </td> <td>Supporting the Secretary of State in their duties </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Unlike <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, Wales does not have its own <a href="/wiki/Law_Officers_of_the_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="Law Officers of the Crown">Law Officers of the Crown</a>; it is part of the <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a> legal jurisdiction. The <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a> therefore advises the United Kingdom Government on its law.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His deputy is the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General for England and Wales</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wales_Office&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the 'yes' vote in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum</a> on giving the Assembly direct law-making powers, some politicians in Wales, particularly from <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a>, have called for the abolition of the Wales Office.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Lord Elis-Thomas</a>, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales, said: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Now that the responsibility of Ministers for administration of policy and indeed for legislation is here, it makes more sense for us to be organised in a proper inter-governmental and inter-parliamentary way. That is, Assembly to Westminster, Government to Government.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>However, Lord Elis-Thomas was accused of following a "<a href="/wiki/Separatist" class="mw-redirect" title="Separatist">separatist</a> agenda" by the Conservative Cheryl Gillan, then Secretary of State for Wales. She was supported by her Labour predecessor <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Peter Hain</a>, who declared that Wales "still needs a voice around the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a> in Westminster".<sup id="cite_ref-bbc1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wales_Office&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-history-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-history_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-history_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk/about/history/">History</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120303193631/http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk/about/history/">Archived</a> 3 March 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> – Walesoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010225064005/http://www.walesoffice.gov.uk/pn_20001103.html">"Service Delivery Agreement 2000"</a>. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_1978" title="Wales Act 1978">Wales Act 1978</a> (not applied)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">2017</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Day_Agreement" title="St David's Day Agreement">St David's Day Agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devolved,_reserved_and_excepted_matters" title="Devolved, reserved and excepted matters">Devolved matters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">measures</a></li> <li><a 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