The UK Labour government introduced separate devolution bills for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1977 following the support for a Scottish parliament by the [[Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)|Kilbrandon Commission]].<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=Welsh Referendum |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/devolution/wales/briefing/79referendums.shtml |access-date=2022-02-10 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> On [[Saint David's Day|St David's Day]] (March 1), [[1979 Welsh devolution referendum]] was held on a National[[Welsh Assembly for (Wales Act 1978)|Welsh Assembly]] but came at the end of the [[Winter of Discontent]] in addition to "tribalism" divisions within Wales. According to [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon|John Morris]], people in southern Wales were persuaded that the Assembly would be dominated by "bigoted Welsh-speakers from the north and the west" whilst in the northern Wales, people were persuaded that the Assembly would be dominated by Glamorgan County Council “Taffia”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WalesOnline |date=2011-10-02 |title=Lord Morris of Aberavon lifts the lid on the disastrous 1979 devolution referendum |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/lord-morris-aberavon-lifts-lid-1803341 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}</ref> [[Richard Wyn Jones]] also suggests that suspicions of a secret elite of a "Taffia" or "crachach" may have affected the referendum results,“There was a perception amongst anti-devolutionists that devolution was some sort of plot by the establishment, by the crachach. Their [the anti-devolutionists’] idea that they were standing up for ‘the people’ was reinforced by 1979.” <ref>{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=David |date=2009-03-05 |title=Spectre of the Taffia could still threaten hopes of a law-making Assembly |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/spectre-taffia-could-still-threaten-2116134 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}</ref> Welsh voters voted against forming an Assembly, with 79.7% voting against and 20.3% who voting Yes. Meanwhile, Scotland had narrowly voted in favour of a [[Scottish Parliament|Scottish parliament]] with 51.6% in favour.<ref name=":18" />
The [[Welsh Language Act 1993]] provided a new law for public organisations in Wales to have bilingual schemes, which would be supervised by the [[Welsh Language Board]]. Some private sector companies including British Telecoms (BT) and British Gas had already included Welsh language schemes in company policies before this Act.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-12-07|title=Q&A: New Welsh language legislation|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-11932770|access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref>
