The Commission will examine issues of fiscal devolution and accountability in Wales and will focus on building consensus.

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They can applaud his 'conversion' as they put it on issues like the devolution of policing but they know too that if 'standing up for Wales' works for Carwyn Jones as his party's USP, that's not good news for Plaid.

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Relations between the central government and Barcelona have long been strained over issues such as devolution, distribution of revenues and local identity, and Montilla did not wish to serve up another pretext for raising tension between Catalonia and the rest of Spain.

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And he said financial issues, such as the devolution of tax powers and the block grant which Scotland gets from the Treasury, would be looked at in future.

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The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (at 2pm) takes a look at the Draft Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - a fine-tuning measure intended to deal with various issues concerning the operation of devolution in Northern Ireland.

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Moreover, Labour will stress not devolution, but bread-and-butter issues such as jobs, health and crime in its campaign.

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No doubt the Westminster Parliament would have talked about these issues even if there'd been no devolution - but it would have been a more distant discussion, more easily ignored and needing less of a local contribution.

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The bill is designed to address the West Lothian Question - the issue of whether MPs should vote on issues which do not directly affect their own constituents as a result of devolution.

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The head of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Sean Brady, said he also welcomed the news agreement has been reached on the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly and on a range of other issues.

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