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The United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, devolution (historically called home rule) is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies: the ...
The devolution of powers are set out in three main acts legislated by the UK Parliament for each of the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The acts also include subsequent amendments, which devolved further powers to the administrations: Northern Ireland Act 1998 amended by the Northern Ireland Act 2006.
The UK central government retains the following powers in relation to England which are exercised by devolved governments in the rest of the United Kingdom: [2] Agriculture; Culture; Education; Environment; Health (including social care) Housing; Local government; Road transport (including buses, cycling and local transport) Sport; Tourism
The SNP and Plaid Cymru are standing for election to Westminster, but only compete in Scotland and Wales.
The report argues relations between UK and devolved governments are not working as they should.
Scottish First Minister John Swinney said working with the previous Tory administration ‘could not have been more awful’.
"Ministry" refers collectively to all the ministers of a government, including Cabinet members and junior ministers alike. Only the Civil Service is considered outside of the ministry. While the term was in common parlance in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it has become rarer, except in official and academic uses. [ 1 ]
In 1999, devolved administrations were created in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland by the United Kingdom parliament. [2] Initially a Joint Ministerial Committee system was created in 1999 by Tony Blair's Labour UK government to coordinate relationships between the three new governments and the UK government.