• The Welsh Grand Committee (Welsh: Uwch Bwyllgor Cymreig), is a committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It is one of three such grand committees...
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    2017, parliamentary rules were amended to allow the use of Welsh when the Welsh Grand Committee meets at Westminster. The change did not alter the rules...
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  • onto the committee. Northern Ireland Grand Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee In the House of Lords, Grand Committee is a meeting...
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    Welsh in the Welsh Grand Committee, although not in parliamentary debate in the house outside of this committee. In 2018 Welsh was used in the grand committee...
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  • The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United...
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  • The Welsh Government (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cymru) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of cabinet secretaries...
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    exclusive to Scotland. Grand committees for Wales (Welsh Grand Committee) and Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Grand Committee) were subsequently established...
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    these measures in 2017. As part of the 2021 co-operation agreement between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, the parties agreed on an expansion of the Senedd...
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  • The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It...
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    Scottish Grand Committee is a committee of the House of Commons. It is not a select committee (see Scottish Affairs Select Committee), but rather a grand committee...
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    Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee Advisory Committee on Works of Art House of Commons Commission...
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    or 'senate'), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru ([ˈsɛnɛð ˈkəmrɨ]) in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature...
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    the Office for National Statistics 2022 estimates. List of Welsh areas by percentage of Welsh-speakers Re-instated as a principal administrative authority...
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    Principal areas of Wales (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
    principal area style, being called a "county council" (Welsh: cyngor sir) or a "county borough council" (Welsh: cyngor bwrdeistref sirol). The basic framework...
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  • Win Griffiths (category Welsh Labour MPs)
    the Welsh Office by Tony Blair in May 1997, but left government after the July 1998 reshuffle. After leaving government he chaired the Welsh Grand Committee...
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    Welsh law (Welsh: Cyfraith Cymru) is an autonomous part of the English law system composed of legislation made by the Senedd. Wales is part of the legal...
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    Welsh independence (Welsh: Annibyniaeth i Gymru) is the political movement advocating for Wales to become a sovereign state, independent from the United...
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    of Wales (Welsh: Prif Weinidog Cymru) is the leader of the Welsh Government and keeper of the Welsh Seal. The first minister chairs the Welsh Cabinet and...
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  • held on or before 7 May 2026 to elect 96 members to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru). It will be the seventh devolved general election...
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  • Petitions Committee Audit Committee Standards of Conduct Committee Reform Bill Committee Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee Welsh Government...
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    (MS; plural: MSs; Welsh: aelodau o'r Senedd; AS, plural: ASau) is a representative elected to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru). There...
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    Welsh devolution is the transfer of legislative powers for self-governance to Wales by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current system of devolution...
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  • three and six committee meetings per year. Until recently, unlike its Scottish and Welsh counterparts, the Northern Ireland Grand Committee met at Westminster...
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    The preserved counties of Wales (Welsh: siroedd cadwedig) are the eight current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty...
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  • These are considered to be "local government" by the Welsh Government. The joint committee's areas are conterminous with the partnership economic areas...
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    The Welsh devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation...
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  • This is a list of all Welsh Government ministerial teams which have existed since the introduction of devolution for Wales in 1999. Since the onset of...
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    2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019. "Westminster welcomes Welsh language at the Welsh grand committee". gov.uk. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2019....
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    Huw Irranca-Davies (category Welsh Labour MPs)
    positions on the Welsh Grand Committee and the Northern Ireland Grand Committee. He worked on Parliamentary Labour Party ('PLP') Committees on Welsh Affairs,...
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    A Corporate Joint Committee (CJC; Welsh: Cyd-bwyllgorau Corfforedig) is a type of local government institution introduced in Wales by the Local Government...
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