Welsh devolution: Difference between revisions

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== Incorporation of Wales into England ==

Wales [[Conquest of Wales by Edward I|was conquered]] by England during the 13th century and the last native prince of Wales, [[Llywelyn the Last]], was killed in an ambush by an English soldier in 1282.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gower |first=John |title=The Story of Wales |publisher=[[BBC Books]] |year=2013 |pages=119–120 |language=English}}</ref> The 1284 [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] caused Wales to lose its ''de facto'' [[Welsh independence|independence]] and formed the constitutional basis for it as a principality in the Realm of England.<ref name="Jones 1969">{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Francis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SWTAAAAIAAJ |title=The Princes and Principality of Wales |date=1969 |publisher=University of Wales P. |isbn=978-0-900768-20-0 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Owain Glyndŵr]] briefly restored [[Welsh independence]] in a national uprising that began in 1400. He convened Wales' first [[Senedd]] in [[Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House|Machynlleth]] in 1404, but the Welsh were defeated by the English by 1412.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gower |first=John |title=The Story of Wales |publisher=BBC Books |year=2013 |pages=137–146}}</ref> The [[penal laws against the Welsh]] of 1401-02 passed by the [[English parliament]] made the Welsh second-class citizens. With hopes of independence ended, there were no further wars or rebellions against English rule and the laws remained on the statute books until 1624.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jenkins |first=Geraint |title=A Concise History of Wales |year=2007 |pages=107–119}}</ref>

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==== Schedule 7A - Reserved Matters ====

The following subject headings are listed in the new Schedule 7A which contains all of the matters that are reserved to the UK Parliament.

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* Defence

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==== Part 2 – Specific Reservations ====

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Section N7 – Deep sea bed mining

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==== Schedule 7B: Restrictions ====

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* {{Cite book |last=Davies |first=John |title=A History of Wales |publisher=Penguin |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-14-014581-6 |___location=London |author-link=John Davies (historian)}}

* Dr Wyn Thomas, 'John Jenkins: The Reluctant Revolutionary?' (y Lolfa, 2019). Hardback: {{ISBN |978-1-912631-07-0}}; Paperback: {{ISBN |978-1-912631-14-8}}

* Dr Wyn Thomas, 'Hands Off Wales: Nationhood and Militancy' (y Lolfa, 2022). {{ISBN: |978-1-80099-229-0}}

* Dr Wyn Thomas, 'Tryweryn: A New Dawn?' (y Lolfa, 2023). {{ISBN: |978-1-91263-148-3}}

==Further reading==