Sentences with phrase «devolved government»

The St Andrews Agreement in 2006 paved the way for a transitional assembly, as the precursor for the return of devolved government in Northern Ireland.

It has, after all, now been in devolved government for more than a decade.

These measures are not cost - free, but Westminster lacks the power to punish — it can only reject proposals by devolved governments, and if Scotland and Westminster disagree, the Supreme Court decides.

Today Nick Clegg meets Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones and ministers from the UK and devolved governments at the Cabinet Office to discuss proposed welfare changes

It surveys the fractured organisation of devolved government with many initiatives yet to find a consistent pattern.

This is why local and devolved government matters so much to providing a platform for national power.

The head of Catalonia's devolved government Carles Puigdemont, told the BBChis administration would declare independence from Spain «at the end of this week or the beginning of next.»

Westminster and devolved governments consider following the example of DHSSPS, Northern Ireland, in developing a memorandum of understanding between all agencies and organisations involved in the lives of children and families of prisoners — setting out respective roles, responsibilities and terms of engagement for partnership working.

For starters, how about asking the people of England if we want our English parliament back and working in our interests, the same way the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish were consulted about devolved government.

This lead to the passage of the Scotland Act 1998, the Government of Wales Act 1998 and the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which created devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The replacement of the more moderate UUP and SDLP by the DUP and Sinn Fein as the largest parties polarised the situation further, making a resumption of devolved government considerably harder, as the DUP formally refused even to hold talks with Sinn Fein.

Although the power - sharing requirements for devolved government under the Good Friday Agreement were probably essential to involve the mainstream parties representing both communities, they handed a veto on progress to those parties.

Devolved government initiatives in 2014 and 2015 for Manchester and the so - called «Northern Powerhouse» are now being pushed as follow - ups to George Osborne's 2010 «march of the makers» (a march of course that never happened).

And different devolved governments have power over different policy areas: Holyrood controls fisheries patrols and policing; Cardiff Bay does not.

Mr Cable argued the Lib Dem's commitment to a federal system of government with fully devolved governments was the only solution to the current tension.

He said new powers promised to Scotland before the referendum would be delivered, creating the «strongest devolved government anywhere in the world».

In the London - centric world of the UK - wide and English media, too little consideration has yet been given to what Brexit means for public spending (almost all of it bad), and for UK - devolved government relations.

Voters in the Kenyan polls will elect the President and his deputy, members of Parliament and devolved government members.

Every UK and devolved government trade deal must contain a human rights and democracy clause to help advance equality and human rights;

Enshrining all UN human rights treaties, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, into UK and devolved government law and producing an action plan explaining how UN recommendations will be implemented.

Normally, this would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly, but with the Assembly and devolved government suspended he argues that gay people should not have to wait on a political settlement.

12 pages of revision activities all with a focus on regional, local, regional and devolved government for the Democracy and Government section of the new GCSE 9 - 1 Citizenship spec.

Devolved government in London — focusing on the executive Mayor and Greater London Assembly — started as a radical innovation in 2000.

The Welsh Government, the devolved Government for Wales, has identified the food and drink industry as a priority sector to develop and move in positive new directions, embracing technology and advancements in research and development to put Wales at...

Recognising the pain that many parents in the UK feel at any implication that they have not done the best for their baby, Unicef UK is urging the UK and devolved governments to show leadership in moving the blame for a major public health issue away from individual women, and acknowledge the collective responsibility of us all to create a supportive, enabling environment for women who want to breastfeed.

We are calling on UK and devolved governments to implement four key actions to create a supportive, enabling environment for women who want to breastfeed:

This World Breastfeeding Week, we support Unicef UK's Call to Action, calling on the UK and all devolved Governments to promote, protect and support breastfeeding.

On the back of the recent new evidence around breastfeeding, our Baby Friendly Initiative is calling on the UK and all devolved governments to implement four key actions that will kick start a supportive, enabling environment for women who want to breastfeed.

In light of the UK's continuing low breastfeeding rates and the serious impact this has on public health, Unicef UK calls on the UK and all devolved Governments to protect the public from harmful and misleading marketing by adopting, in full, the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and all subsequent resolutions as recommended by WHO.

A supreme court ruling ensured that the MP's that don't belong to the devolved governments of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland would need to be legally consulted before invoking Article 50.

MPs don't belong to the devolved governments.

A devolved government led by Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will be a «battle a day», DUP MP Peter Robinson predicted.

While the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were extensively consulted on the establishment of devolved government the English have been ignored.

But «parliament» does not just apply the Palace of Westminster — the devolved governments and local government too are «parliamentary» in form: that is they are made up of elected representatives who appoint an executive of some sort.

Devolved government was restored to the Assembly on May 8th 2007 and Mr Paisley and Mr McGuinness were sworn in as ministers and worked well together until Mr Paisley stepped down as DUP leader and First Minister in 2008.

Among its various provisions taking forward the peace process, the Agreement included proposals for devolved government.

A system of devolved government is fighting for its life.

But in the process of deciding what powers should be allocated to devolved governments in the UK it may be necessary to revisit the anachronism of the House of Lords and to arrive at an acceptable solution to its incongruous position in a modern democracy.

Unite has pointed out that, while the Westminster government wanted to abolish the AWB in England and Wales, the devolved governments in Scotland and Northern Ireland were keeping their AWBs and there was a commitment by the Welsh Government to retain its AWB.

Fourth, a decade in devolved government — with all its strains and policy challenges — is finally catching up with the Scottish government.

Mr McLoughlin said the Government intended the Independent Commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies to be «part of a process that is fair and open and that takes account of the views of passengers and residents as well as the aviation industry, business, local and devolved government and environmental groups.»

Most recently, with «devo Manc», the city of 1980s de-industrialisation and indie music has been transmuted into a symbol of post-industrial regeneration and devolved government.

Often translated as «English votes for English laws», the question also comes up if non-English MPs become UK ministers and push through controversial England - only measures, even as their devolved government rejects them.

Mrs May said the bill meant the devolved governments would still to be able to make all the decisions they can currently make after Brexit.

Tony Blair has said that Northern Ireland politicians were facing their «last chance» to get a devolved government up and running.

«There is a Scottish judicial system that has been administered by the devolved government in the way appropriate to our constitution.

The party supports plain packaging for cigarettes, though MPs have already voted in favour of this, and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have all passed legislative consent motions to apply the changes.

The chancellor Gordon Brown will also hold further talks with party leaders to agree an economic package for the devolved government.

Votes after the polls closed and it remains to be seen how power will be allocated across local and devolved governments.