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| This paper was presented on 26 September 2002 to a hearing of the Richard Commission on the National Assembly’s powers and electoral arrangements, established in July 2002 under the terms of the October 2000 Partnership Agreement between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.1 |
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A draft of the paper was the subject of an IWA seminar in early September 2002 attended by the following: Professor Keith Patchett, Emeritus Professor of Law at Cardiff University; Professor Rick Rawlings, professor of public law at the London School of Economics; Dr Gareth Jones, head of the IWA’s Research Programme; Professor Robert Hazell, Director of the Constitution Unit, University College, London; J. Barry Jones, Director of the Welsh Governance Centre, Cardiff University; Dr Denis Balsom, policy analyst and Editor of the Wales Yearbook; Nia Richardson, IWA Research Officer; and myself. The IWA is grateful to the participants. |
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| 1 For the membership and terms of reference of the Commission see the IWA quarterly report, A Bilingual Wales, Monitoring the National Assembly, May to August 2002. |
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