The Wales Office were not unaware of this when Silk was set up - and his remit was drawn accordingly.

BBC: State of Play 4 - Labour

Led by former assembly clerk Paul Silk, the commission was set up as part of the Westminster coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

BBC: Commission calls for Welsh government income tax powers

The Silk Commission was set up by the UK government to examine the future of devolution in Wales.

BBC: Wales politics

The Silk Commission was set up by the UK government to look at the future of devolution in Wales.

BBC: First minister's questions

In Franklin's own account of his experiment (published in 1752), a kite fashioned from a silk handkerchief is set aloft in a storm.

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