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It's a weighty piece of work, more academic tome than pamphlet as they put it in the Wales Office - an exercise in governance that hasn't been undertaken in many years and a valuable, proper contribution to the process of considering where the devolution journey has got us, and whether we'd be wise to stop now, or press on.
BBC: Commission keeps calm and carries on
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He'll be remembered in the process as the secretary of state who was in office when devolution came into place, for his suspension of the devolved power-sharing executive in order to prevent its complete collapse, and for putting it back into place a few months later when a deal was brokered by the British and Irish Prime Ministers, with Mr Mandelson heavily involved.
BBC: What next for Northern Ireland?
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This process, known as devolution, would effectively transfer a whole swathe of law making and administrative powers from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive.
BBC: Devolution in Scotland