On 1997 rules, a Scottish assembly would have been established in 1979.
The convention travelled throughout the country and on 30 November, 1990, an agreement on the form a Scottish assembly should take was signed.
If it does that job well, the Welsh may opt to give their assembly Scottish-style powers over taxation and primary legislation.
People will be able to vote in elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly next year, and my government will work to ensure that both are established successfully.
Holding the referendum on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and some English local authorities may result in differential turnouts across the country and a skewed result.
Westminster, European, Scottish MPs and Welsh Assembly members.
At question time on 27 July 2010, Mr Clegg said holding the ballot on whether MPs should be elected by the alternative vote (AV) on the same day as next May's elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, as well as some local authorities in England, would boost turnout and save money.
In other words, parties which have seats in Westminster, the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the NI Assembly (when appropriate).
My government have fulfilled their commitment to establish a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly in accordance with the wishes of the people.
Much has happened since last year's conference and instead of being simply a manifesto commitment the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly are now political realities.
On 5 May 2011, the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly and local elections in many parts of England.
For example, Donald Dewar, the Scottish secretary, and Ron Davies, the Welsh secretary, claim that their plans for a Scottish parliament and a Welsh assembly will strengthen the union between their respective countries and England.
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The provisions of the bill will extend to the whole of the UK but the consent of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly will be needed before they can be fully implemented.
We can count the Speakers of the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly among our colleagues.
They have succeeded in abolishing up-front fees in the Scottish Parliament and now want the Welsh Assembly, where they have recently joined in a coalition with the Labour Party, to adopt a similar policy.
There are elections in London, for the Mayor and Assembly, in the 32 Scottish and 22 Welsh local councils, as well as for 36 English metropolitan councils and 18 English unitary authorities - not to mention at least 11 referendums on whether or not cities should switch to government by a mayoral system.
The assembly will also be asked to commend the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive's policies on domestic abuse and politicians' support for the Scottish Partnership for Domestic Abuse.
But although the Scottish parliament will have an interest in fisheries, the Welsh assembly will not.
However, legislation would be needed to create the Scottish-style devolution settlement that Plaid said would give the assembly a broader range of powers.
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Although the government has said it would review the need for a Northern Ireland secretary once the Ulster assembly was operating fully, it has simply said that the Scottish and Welsh jobs would stay.
Mr Trimble has pounced on the fact that the framework's Anglo-Irish inter-governmental council now has added Scottish and Welsh elements, as well as representatives from the new Northern Ireland assembly.
And second, it steals some thunder from the Scottish National Party, which is threatening to prevent Labour winning power in the Edinburgh assembly, and for which land reform has long been a cherished goal.
The joy of its output is that, as a chap who lives in southern England, I am admirably well informed about the progress of Scottish football teams, the workings of the Welsh health service, and the internal machinations of the Stormont assembly.
They are not proposing that English councils be given the same powers as the Scottish Parliament to potentially vary the rate of income tax - powers that could also be extended to the National Assembly for Wales under the Silk Commission proposals.
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