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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom">Prerogative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">Royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne" title="Succession to the British throne">Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King-in-Parliament" title="King-in-Parliament">King-in-Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord-lieutenant" title="Lord-lieutenant">Lord-lieutenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llwynywermod" title="Llwynywermod">Llwynywermod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a></li> <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/Principality_of_Wales" title="Principality of Wales">Principality of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Welsh republicanism</a></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_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan_government" title="Eluned Morgan government">Eluned Morgan government</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_Governments" title="List of Welsh Governments">list</a>) <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_first_ministers_of_Wales" title="List of first ministers of Wales">list</a>)<br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rt Hon">Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MS</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">L</a>) </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Wales" title="Deputy First Minister of Wales">Deputy First Minister</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Huw_Irranca-Davies" title="Huw Irranca-Davies">Huw Irranca-Davies</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MS</a></small> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">L</a>) </p> <hr /> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government#Cabinet_secretaries_and_ministers" title="Welsh Government">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government#Civil_Service" title="Welsh Government">Civil Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government#Budget" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Wales" title="Taxation in Wales">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government#Directorates" title="Welsh Government">Directorates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government_sponsored_body" title="Welsh Government sponsored body">Sponsored bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_the_United_Kingdom#Welsh_Government" title="State-owned enterprises of the United Kingdom">State-owned enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Buildings,_Cathays_Park" title="Crown Buildings, Cathays Park">Crown Buildings, Cathays Park</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Counsel_General_for_Wales" title="Counsel General for Wales">Counsel General-designate</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Jones" title="Elisabeth Jones">Elisabeth Jones</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip_(Wales)" title="Chief Whip (Wales)">Chief Whip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trefnydd_of_the_Senedd" title="Trefnydd of the Senedd">Trefnydd</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jane_Hutt" title="Jane Hutt">Jane Hutt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MS</a></span> (L) <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary_of_the_Welsh_Government" title="Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government">Permanent Secretary</a> </p> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><a href="/wiki/International_relations_of_Wales" title="International relations of Wales">International relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_relations_of_Wales#Welsh_international_offices" title="International relations of Wales">Welsh Government international offices</a></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/Senedd" title="Senedd">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_6th_Senedd" title="Members of the 6th Senedd">Sixth Senedd</a> </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Llywydd_of_the_Senedd" title="Llywydd of the Senedd">Llywydd (Presiding Officer)</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MS</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">PC</a>) </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Wales)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Wales)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_RT_Davies" title="Andrew RT Davies">Andrew RT Davies</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MS</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">C</a>) <br /> <a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2024</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#European_Parliament" title="Elections in Wales">European Parliament elections (1979–2020)</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales#Local_government_elections" title="Elections in Wales">Local elections</a></b><br /> </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Welsh_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Welsh local elections (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Welsh_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Welsh local elections (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Welsh_local_elections" title="1991 Welsh local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Welsh_local_elections" title="1993 Welsh local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Welsh_local_elections" title="1995 Welsh local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Welsh_local_elections" title="1999 Welsh local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Welsh_local_elections" title="2004 Welsh local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Welsh_local_elections" title="2008 Welsh local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Welsh_local_elections" title="2012 Welsh local elections">2012</a></li> <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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title="Wales">Wales</a> is part of the legal jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, one of the three legal jurisdictions of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<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> However, due to <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">devolution</a>, the law in Wales is increasingly distinct from the law in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, since the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>, the devolved parliament of Wales, can legislate on non-reserved matters.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat 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Anglo-Welsh wars">Anglo-Welsh Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_early_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales in the early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd" title="Kingdom of Gwynedd">Kingdom of Gwynedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Powys" title="Kingdom of Powys">Kingdom of Powys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyfraith_Hywel" title="Cyfraith Hywel">Medieval Welsh law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_invasion_of_Wales" title="Norman invasion of Wales">Norman invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I">Edwardian conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_late_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales in the late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Rhuddlan" title="Statute of Rhuddlan">Statute of Rhuddlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_rebellion" title="Glyndŵr rebellion">Glyndŵr rebellion</a></li> <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/Welsh_settlement_in_the_Americas" title="Welsh settlement in the Americas">Colonies</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">People</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Wales" title="Languages of Wales">Languages</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Y_Fro_Gymraeg" title="Y Fro Gymraeg">Y Fro Gymraeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Welsh_language" title="History of the Welsh language">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_placenames" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh placenames">Welsh placenames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_surnames" title="Welsh surnames">Welsh surnames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh-medium_education" title="Welsh-medium education">Welsh-medium education</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_English" title="Welsh English">Welsh English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Romani_language" title="Welsh Romani language">Welsh Romani</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Traditions</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Welsh_costume" title="Traditional Welsh costume">Traditional Welsh costume</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Welsh law</a></li> <li>Land division (<a href="/wiki/Commote" title="Commote">Commote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantref" title="Cantref">Cantref</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_mythology" title="Welsh mythology">Mythology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Folklore of Wales">folklore</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_Arthur" title="King Arthur">Arthurian legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matter_of_Britain" title="Matter of Britain">Matter of Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabinogion" title="Mabinogion">Mabinogion</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_cuisine" title="Welsh cuisine">Cuisine</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bara_brith" title="Bara brith">Bara brith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laverbread" title="Laverbread">Bara Lafwr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cawl" title="Cawl">Cawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leek_soup" title="Leek soup">Cawl Cennin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crempog" title="Crempog">Crempog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Gower" title="Cuisine of Gower">Gower cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_sausage" title="Glamorgan sausage">Selsig Morgannwg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatws_Pum_Munud" title="Tatws Pum Munud">Tatws Pum Munud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_breakfast#Full_Welsh_breakfast" title="Full breakfast">Welsh breakfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_cake" title="Welsh cake">Welsh cake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_rarebit" title="Welsh rarebit">Welsh rarebit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_dishes" title="List of Welsh dishes">Welsh dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_restaurants_in_Wales" title="List of restaurants in Wales">Restaurants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_food_festivals_in_Wales" title="List of food festivals in Wales">Food festivals</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_festival_days_of_Wales" title="Traditional festival days of Wales">Festivals</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calennig" title="Calennig">Calennig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dydd_Santes_Dwynwen" class="mw-redirect" title="Dydd Santes Dwynwen">Dydd Santes Dwynwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C5%B5yl_Fair_y_Canhwyllau" title="Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau">Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_David%27s_Day" title="Saint David's Day">Saint David's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calan_Mai" title="Calan Mai">Calan Mai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gathering_Day" title="Gathering Day">Calan Awst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calan_Gaeaf" title="Calan Gaeaf">Calan Gaeaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C5%B5yl_Mabsant" title="Gŵyl Mabsant">Gŵyl Mabsant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_holidays#Gŵyl_San_Steffan" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh holidays">Gŵyl San Steffan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisteddfod" title="Eisteddfod">Eisteddfod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Wales" title="List of festivals in Wales">List of festivals in Wales</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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Wales">Art</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Wales">Literature</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh-language_literature" title="Welsh-language literature">in Welsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_literature_in_English" title="Welsh literature in English">in English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_Welsh_literature" title="Medieval Welsh literature">Medieval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_language_authors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Welsh language authors">Authors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_language_poets_(6th_century_to_c.1600)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600)">Poets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Wales" title="Theatre of Wales">Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_historical_documents" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh historical documents">Welsh historical documents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh-language_comics" title="Welsh-language comics">Welsh-language comics</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Wales" title="Music of Wales">Music</a> and performing arts</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Wales" title="Theatre of Wales">Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_folk_music" title="Welsh folk music">Welsh folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_dance" title="Welsh dance">Welsh dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_stepdance" title="Welsh stepdance">Welsh stepdance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerdd_Dant" title="Cerdd Dant">Cerdd Dant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crwth" title="Crwth">Crwth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymanfa_Ganu" title="Cymanfa Ganu">Cymanfa Ganu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynghanedd" title="Cynghanedd">Cynghanedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9ilidh" class="mw-redirect" title="Céilidh">Noson Lawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pibgorn_(instrument)" title="Pibgorn (instrument)">Pibgorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabor_(instrument)" title="Tabor (instrument)">Tabwrdd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_harp" title="Triple harp">Triple harp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twmpath" title="Twmpath">Twmpath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_bagpipes" title="Welsh bagpipes">Welsh bagpipes</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Media_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Media in Wales">Media</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radio_in_Wales" title="Radio in Wales">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Wales" title="Television in Wales">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Wales" title="Cinema of Wales">Cinema</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Wales" title="Sport in Wales">Sport</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bando_(sport)" title="Bando (sport)">Bando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_in_Wales" title="Boxing in Wales">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cnapan" title="Cnapan">Cnapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Wales" title="Cricket in Wales">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Wales" title="Football in Wales">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Wales" title="Golf in Wales">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_racing_in_Wales" title="Horse racing in Wales">Horse Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Baseball">Pel-Fas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_handball" title="Welsh handball">Pêl-Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Wales" title="Rugby league in Wales">Rugby League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Wales" title="Rugby union in Wales">Rugby Union</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Monuments</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Wales" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Wales">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Symbols_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Symbols of Wales">Symbols</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Wales" title="Flag of Wales">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Wales">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National anthem of Wales">National anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Saint_David" title="Flag of Saint David">Flag of Saint David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_flags" title="List of Welsh flags">Other flags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Dragon" title="Welsh Dragon">Welsh Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_heraldry" title="Welsh heraldry">Welsh heraldry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_cross" title="Celtic cross">Celtic cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_knot" title="Celtic knot">Celtic knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_inventions_and_discoveries" title="List of Welsh inventions and discoveries">Inventions and discoveries</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/16px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/24px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/32px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Wales" title="Portal:Wales">Wales portal</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Culture_of_Wales" title="Template:Culture of Wales"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Culture_of_Wales" title="Template talk:Culture of Wales"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Culture_of_Wales" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Culture of Wales"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Welsh law has been generated by the Senedd since the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</a> and in effect since May 2007. Each piece of Welsh legislation is known as an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Act of Senedd Cymru</a>. The first Welsh legislation to be proposed was the <a href="/wiki/NHS_Redress_(Wales)_Measure_2008" title="NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008">NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008</a>. This was the first time in almost 500 years that Wales has had its own laws, since <i><a href="/wiki/Cyfraith_Hywel" title="Cyfraith Hywel">Cyfraith Hywel</a></i>, a version of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_law" title="Celtic law">Celtic law</a>, was abolished and replaced by <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542" title="Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542">Laws in Wales Acts</a>, enacted between 1535 and 1542 during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">King Henry VIII</a>.<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> </p><p>Because Wales is not a distinct legal jurisdiction, matters of justice are reserved to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a>.<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> There have, however, been calls for a distinct legal jurisdiction and the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution#Justice_and_policing" title="Welsh devolution">devolution of justice and policing</a> to the Senedd. For example, in 2020, an independent commission led by former Lord Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/John_Thomas,_Baron_Thomas_of_Cwmgiedd" title="John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd">John Thomas</a> came to the conclusion that the existing arrangement was ‘failing the people of Wales’.<sup id="cite_ref-Centre_on_Constitutional_Change_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Centre_on_Constitutional_Change-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the 19th century, It was custom for Welsh Judges to travel on horseback, whereas their English counterpart did not, this detail was discussed within the House of Commons in May 25, 1820.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been multiple calls from both Welsh academics and politicians however for a <a href="/wiki/Proposed_Wales_criminal_justice_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed Wales criminal justice system">Wales criminal justice system</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The law of Wales is referred to as part of the system of <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a> because Wales is part of the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales. The term 'English law' is preferred by the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_England_and_Wales" title="Law Society of England and Wales">Law Society</a> rather than 'English and Welsh law'.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_law_devolution">History of law devolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of law devolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_of_Wales_Act_1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Government of Wales Act 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Government of Wales Act 1998 (GoWA 1998) set up the then National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) as a corporate body, which was later renamed the Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru). Executive functions (known as powers) were transferred via <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a> from the UK Government to the National Assembly for Wales. These included powers for agriculture, culture, economic development, education, health, housing, local government, social services and planning in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Transfer of Functions Orders were also made under GoWA 1998, transferring to the National Assembly for Wales executive functions in the same areas. These function included making regulations, rules, orders and giving financial assistance in those areas. Function orders came into effect via the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_of_Wales_Act_2006">Government of Wales Act 2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Government of Wales Act 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Government of Wales Act 2006 made the National Assembly for Wales a fully-fledged legislature and the Welsh Assembly Government (since renamed Welsh Government) as the devolved executive for Wales. The executive functions of the Welsh assembly was transferred to Welsh ministers who made up the Welsh Assembly Government. The Act allowed the National Assembly for Wales to pass Assembly Measures on some matters. The Act also granted further powers in matters such as economic, social and environmental well-being of Wales and culture which included the Welsh language. The Assembly were also capable of passing Acts but only after a "Yes" vote in a referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Welsh_devolution_referendum_2011">Welsh devolution referendum 2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Welsh devolution referendum 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution_referendum,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh devolution referendum, 2011">Welsh devolution referendum, 2011</a></div> <p>In March 2011, <a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">a referendum</a> was held on whether full primary law-making powers should be given to the National Assembly in the twenty subject areas where it held jurisdiction. The referendum concluded with 63.5% of voters supporting the transfer of full primary law-making powers to the Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-wired-gov.net_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-gov.net-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_powers_and_status">Further powers and status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further powers and status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UK Government also formed the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Devolution_in_Wales" title="Commission on Devolution in Wales">Commission on Devolution in Wales</a> (the Silk Commission). The commission published part 1 of its report in 2012, recommending new financial powers for Wales including borrowing and taxation, which came into force in the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 was passed by the National Assembly to facilitate the financial powers of the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Land_Transaction_Tax" title="Land Transaction Tax">Land Transaction Tax</a> (replacing Stamp Duty) and the <a href="/wiki/Landfill_Disposals_Tax" title="Landfill Disposals Tax">Landfill Disposal Tax</a> were the first two devolved taxes. In 2019, over £2 billion of <a href="/wiki/Income_Tax_(Trading_and_Other_Income)_Act_2005" title="Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005">income tax</a> was devolved to the Senedd.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neuadd_%26_Oriel,_Senedd,_Cardiff_Bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Neuadd_%26_Oriel%2C_Senedd%2C_Cardiff_Bay.jpg/270px-Neuadd_%26_Oriel%2C_Senedd%2C_Cardiff_Bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Neuadd_%26_Oriel%2C_Senedd%2C_Cardiff_Bay.jpg/405px-Neuadd_%26_Oriel%2C_Senedd%2C_Cardiff_Bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Neuadd_%26_Oriel%2C_Senedd%2C_Cardiff_Bay.jpg/540px-Neuadd_%26_Oriel%2C_Senedd%2C_Cardiff_Bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="879" /></a><figcaption>Hall and oriel of the Senedd building.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a> defined the National Assembly and devolved institutions to be a permanent component of the UK constitution, and any abolition of such institutions would require a referendum. The act also changed the model of operation of the devolved institutions from a "conferred powers model" to a "reserved powers model". The Assembly was also given the power to decide its own name and voting system of members.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Senedd_and_Elections_(Wales)_Act_2020" title="Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020">Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a> was renamed "<a href="/wiki/Senedd_Cymru" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd Cymru">Senedd Cymru</a>" or "the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Parliament">Welsh Parliament</a>", commonly known as the "<a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>" in both English and Welsh, to reflect increased legislative powers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act, for the first time in Wales, allowed 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021 Senedd election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_Council_of_Wales_2019">Law Council of Wales 2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Law Council of Wales 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Law_Council_of_Wales" title="Law Council of Wales">Law Council of Wales</a></div> <p>The Law Council of Wales was established following recommendations by the independent Commission of Justice in Wales in 2019 which set out the vision of the legal system in Wales. The commission was chaired by <a href="/wiki/John_Thomas,_Baron_Thomas_of_Cwmgiedd" title="John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd">Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd</a>, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council also supports economic development and sustainability of law in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inaugural meeting was planned for November 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Welsh_Law">Welsh Law</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Welsh Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devolved_legislation">Devolved legislation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Devolved legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg/180px-Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg/270px-Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg/360px-Royal_Badge_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1009" data-file-height="1239" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Badge_of_Wales" title="Royal Badge of Wales">Royal Badge of Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The Senedd is able to pass laws in any area which is not explicitly reserved by Westminster, subject to a number of general restrictions (such as compatibility with the Human Rights Act).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reserved subject areas include: </p> <ul><li>The Currency</li> <li>Nationality</li> <li>Defence of the Realm</li> <li>Justice</li> <li>Energy production above 350MW</li> <li>Most benefits</li> <li>Most taxes<sup id="cite_ref-:2_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales-only_laws">Wales-only laws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wales-only laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_relating_to_the_European_Communities_and_the_European_Union" title="Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union">Acts of the UK Parliament</a> that are classed as "Wales-only laws". Each Act contains provisions using which the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> can make secondary legislation. Sometimes such Acts can also confer power to the Senedd. An example of such a Wales-only law is the <a href="/wiki/Transport_(Wales)_Act_2006" title="Transport (Wales) Act 2006">Transport (Wales) Act 2006</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Language_(Wales)_Measure_2011" title="Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011">Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011</a> modernised the 1993 Welsh Language Act and gave Welsh an official status in Wales for the first time, a major landmark for the language. Welsh is the only official <i>de jure</i> language of any country in the UK. The Measure was also responsible for creating the post of <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Language_Commissioner" title="Welsh Language Commissioner">Welsh Language Commissioner</a>, replacing the Welsh Language Board.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the referendum in 2011, the Official Languages Act became the first Welsh law to be created in 600 years, according to the First Minister at the time, <a href="/wiki/Carwyn_Jones" title="Carwyn Jones">Carwyn Jones</a>. This law was passed by Welsh AMs only and made Welsh an official language of the National Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales_as_a_legal_jurisdiction">Wales as a legal jurisdiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Wales as a legal jurisdiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Proposed_Wales_justice_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed Wales justice system">Proposed Wales justice system</a></div> <p>Laws that are made in Wales, that apply to Wales, are currently a part of the law of England and Wales because England and Wales form one legal jurisdiction. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own, separate legal jurisdictions.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/One_Wales" title="One Wales">One Wales</a> agreement between Labour and Plaid Cymru (2007–2011) called for a review of <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice" title="Criminal justice">criminal justice</a> matters in Wales, and the question of whether they should be devolved to Wales, proposing a Criminal and Youth Justice System within Welsh law.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, however, there has been no such devolution of justice to the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A commission set up in 2017 by the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister of Wales</a>, known as "The Commission on Justice in Wales" and chaired by <a href="/wiki/Lord_Thomas_of_Cwmgiedd" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd">Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd</a>, looked into the operation of justice in the country. It aimed to further clarify the legal and political identity of Wales within the UK constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission's report was released in October 2019 and recommended the devolution of the justice system.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English_law_in_Wales">English law in Wales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: English law in Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Welsh_law" title="Special:EditPage/Welsh law">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/220px--Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="200" data-mwtitle="Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm/Introduction_to_Cyfraith_Cymru_Law_Wales.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>An introduction to Cyfraith Cymru – Welsh Law; a short video by the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>; 2015.</figcaption></figure> <p>English law still applies in Wales, but some laws in England, about matters that are devolved in Wales, may not apply in Wales. Once the Senedd has legislative competency in an area through an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Act of Senedd Cymru</a>, the Senedd can legislate differently from English law. Some actions can be unlawful in Wales, but not in England or Scotland. For example, using an electric shock collar on a cat or dog is unlawful in Wales, but not in the rest of the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schedule_5_of_the_Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Schedule 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006">Schedule 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_the_Constitution_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)">Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</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/English_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="English Law">English Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland law">Northern Ireland law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Scots Law">Scots Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Day_Agreement" title="St David's Day Agreement">St David's Day Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Devolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Devolution">Welsh Devolution</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_law&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><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: 40em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The legal system in Wales is known as English law rather than English and Welsh law. 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style="width:1%">UK Government departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Devolution Secretariat (<a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a>)</li> <li>Devolution Directorate-General (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Office" title="Welsh Office">Welsh Office</a> (former)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Budget</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_formula" title="Barnett formula">Barnett formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_grant" title="Block grant">Block grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Wales" title="Taxation in Wales">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_further_Welsh_devolution" title="Proposed further Welsh devolution">Proposed further Welsh devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland_and_Wales" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland and Wales">Devo-max</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Welsh_justice_system" title="Proposed Welsh justice system">Justice system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_Reform_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd Reform Bill">Senedd expansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution#History" title="Welsh devolution">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymru_Fydd" title="Cymru Fydd">Cymru Fydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_for_Wales_Campaign" title="Parliament for Wales Campaign">Parliament for Wales Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yes_for_Wales" title="Yes for Wales">Yes for Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution#Referendum_results_and_opinion_polling" title="Welsh devolution">Opinion polling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed alternatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Federalism in the United Kingdom">Federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_United_Kingdom_confederation" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed United Kingdom confederation">Confederalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Independence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parties represented in Wales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh 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">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a 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history">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Wales" title="Prehistoric Wales">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_Roman_era" title="Wales in the Roman era">Roman Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Anglo-Welsh_wars" title="List of Anglo-Welsh wars">Anglo-Welsh Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_early_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales in the early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd" title="Kingdom of Gwynedd">Kingdom of Gwynedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Powys" title="Kingdom of Powys">Kingdom of Powys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyfraith_Hywel" title="Cyfraith Hywel">Medieval Welsh law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_invasion_of_Wales" title="Norman invasion of Wales">Norman invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I">Edwardian conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_late_Middle_Ages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales in the late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Rhuddlan" title="Statute of Rhuddlan">Statute of Rhuddlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_rebellion" title="Glyndŵr rebellion">Glyndŵr rebellion</a></li> <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/Welsh_settlement_in_the_Americas" title="Welsh settlement in the Americas">Colonies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Wales" title="Geography of Wales">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Wales" title="Biodiversity of Wales">Biodiversity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Wales" title="Fauna of Wales">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Wales" title="Flora of Wales">Flora</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Wales" title="Climate of Wales">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Wales" title="Geology of Wales">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Wales" title="List of islands of Wales">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Wales" title="List of lakes of Wales">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_and_hills_in_the_British_Isles" title="Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles">Mountains and hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Wales" title="Protected areas of Wales">Protected areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Wales" title="National parks of Wales">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_Wales" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales">AONBs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Wales" title="List of rivers of Wales">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England%E2%80%93Wales_border" title="England–Wales border">Wales–England border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_Wales" title="List of waterfalls in Wales">Waterfalls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Wales" title="Politics of Wales">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Wales" title="Politics of Wales">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Wales" title="List of cities in Wales">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_Wales" title="Mayors in Wales">Mayors</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_in_Wales" title="List of rulers in Wales">Local rulers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Wales" title="List of political parties in Wales">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Wales" title="Unionism in Wales">Unionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counsel_General_for_Wales" title="Counsel General for Wales">Counsel General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">Courts</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Modern Welsh law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_forces_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Police forces of Wales">Police forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_forces_in_Wales" title="Armed forces in Wales">British Armed Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Wales" title="Economy of Wales">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Wales" title="Agriculture in Wales">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_and_finance_in_Wales" title="Banking and finance in Wales">Banking and finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_industry_in_Wales" title="Coal industry in Wales">Coal mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Wales" title="List of companies of Wales">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_Wales" title="Forestry in Wales">Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_and_construction_in_Wales" title="Housing and construction in Wales">Housing and construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Wales" title="List of power stations in Wales">Power stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slate_industry_in_Wales" title="Slate industry in Wales">Slate quarrying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Wales" title="Tourism in Wales">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Wales" title="Transport in Wales">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Wales" title="Category:Society of Wales">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Wales" title="Culture of Wales">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_art" title="Welsh art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Wales" title="List of castles in Wales">Castles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Wales" title="Education in Wales">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisteddfod" title="Eisteddfod">Eisteddfod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorsedd_Cymru" title="Gorsedd Cymru">Gorsedd Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh-language_literature" title="Welsh-language literature">Literature in Welsh</a> / <a href="/wiki/Welsh_literature_in_English" title="Welsh literature in English">in English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Wales" title="Media of Wales">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Wales" title="Music of Wales">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Wales" title="List of museums in Wales">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_scheduled_monuments_in_Wales" title="Lists of scheduled monuments in Wales">Scheduled monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Wales" title="Sport in Wales">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Wales" title="Theatre of Wales">Theatre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Wales" title="Demographics of Wales">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Wales" title="Languages of Wales">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Wales" title="Languages of Wales">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_English" title="Welsh English">Welsh English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Sign_Language" title="British Sign Language">British Sign Language</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">People</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_people" title="List of Welsh people">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_people#Actors" title="List of Welsh people">Actors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_Americans" title="List of Welsh Americans">Welsh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_architects" title="List of Welsh architects">Architects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_artists" title="List of Welsh artists">Artists</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_women_artists_associated_with_Wales" title="List of women artists associated with Wales">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_inventors" title="List of Welsh inventors">Inventors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_musicians" title="List of Welsh musicians">Musicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh-language_poets_(6th_century_to_c._1600)" title="List of Welsh-language poets (6th century to c. 1600)">Poets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_people#Monarchs_and_princes" title="List of Welsh people">Royalty</a></li> 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title="Royal Badge of Wales">Royal Badge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Dragon" title="Welsh Dragon">Welsh Dragon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/32px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/48px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/64px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Wales" title="Portal:Wales">Wales portal</a></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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