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Richard Commission - written responses to the Commission's
consultation document
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Richard Commission
Caradog House
1-6 Saint Andrew’s Place
Cardiff CF10 3BE |
| Dear Sir |
| Re: Consultation on The Powers of the
National Assembly for Wales |
| Regarding the powers of the Welsh Assembly,
my observations are as follows. |
| The Welsh Assembly is currently under powered,
it has no powers over the 22 Unitary Authorities.
There was an agreement with Ron Davies, that for support
for the Welsh Assembly, they, (the Councils) would have
autonomous power. The Welsh public are unaware of
this. If they were, they would understand the impudence
of the Assembly. |
| The only control over
the 22 Unitary Authorities is the Welsh Ombudsman, Mr
Elwyn Moseley, who is responsible to No One. He
and his colleagues are drawn from "Council Culture" and
should be replaced by a Tribunal drawn from more representative
backgrounds. |
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| There is hope for Wales if the Old Labour
stronghold is broken so that party politics does not continue
to stifle business and growth. If the Welsh Assembly
can control the Council's, this could happen. |
| I look forward to being invited to give
verbal evidence to Lord Richard. |
Yours sincerely,
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Gareth Woodham
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