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Towards an Independent Wales

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Towards an Independent Wales
Towards an Independent Wales
Author(s): Independence CommissionComisiwn dros Annibyniaeth
Publication Date: 29 January, 2021  Available in all formats
Publisher: The Books Council of Wales
ISBN: 9781800990043

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With its own Senedd and legislative powers, Wales is already on a journey towards independence. This report by the Independence Commission charts the next steps.
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With its own Senedd and legislative powers, Wales is already on a journey towards independence. This report by the Independence Commission charts the next steps.
Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Executive summary
  • Main recommendations
  • Chapter 1: Building the road
    • The 20th century
    • The 21st century
  • Chapter 2: Public attitudes
    • Welsh identity
    • Independence
    • Independence: the referendum question
  • Chapter 3: A Welsh jurisdiction
    • Asymmetric devolution
    • The single England and Wales jurisdiction
    • Why Wales needs a separate jurisdiction
    • A virtual legal jurisdiction
    • Justice powers
    • Implications of a distinct Welsh jurisdiction
    • The way ahead
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 4: Effective Government and the civil service
    • Twenty years of evolution
    • The civil service culture
    • A Welsh public service
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 5: Addressing the fiscal gap
    • A better model
    • The Welsh balance-sheet
    • Paying our way
    • A different sort of union
    • Welsh taxes
    • A UK common market
    • A middle way
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 6: Wales and Europe
    • Plaid Cymru and Europe
    • Brexit and devolution
    • EU Funding for Wales: a lost opportunity
    • The European Union’s direction of travel
    • Brexit and the terms of departure
    • A new relationship with the European Union
    • European networks
    • Bilateral relationships
    • Welsh Government’s International Strategy
    • Deepening Wales’s relationship with the EU
    • Growing European partnerships
    • Ireland
    • Euskadi (the Basque Country)
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 7: Relations with our neighbours: options for an independent Wales
    • The federal dead-end
    • Wales as a member of a confederation
    • The Benelux model
    • A League of the Isles
    • Imponderables
    • Wales as a member of the European Union
    • Wales as a member of the European Free Trade Area
    • The way ahead
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 8: A Constitution for an independent Wales
    • Principles of a Welsh Constitution
    • Independence
    • Pathway to a Welsh Constitution
    • Elements of a Welsh Constitution
    • Forms and institutions of government
    • The Head of State
    • The legislature
    • The Executive
    • Regional/local government
    • ‘Integrity’ branch of government
    • The judiciary
    • Citizen initiative
    • Adopting and amending the Constitution
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 9: A Welsh Self-Determination Bill
    • Options for a Plaid Cymru Government
    • Content of primary legislation
    • Binary or multi-option choices in a referendum
    • Practicalities of drafting the Bill
    • Recommendations
  • Chapter 10: Bringing Wales with us
    • Building national self-confidence
    • Sustainability
    • The four pillars of an independent Wales
    • A five-point plan for success
    • The independent Wales we want
  • Appendix 1: Outline Content of a Welsh Self-Determination Bill
    • Self-Determination (Wales) Bill
  • Appendix 2: Independence Commission
    • Terms of Reference
  • Appendix 3: Commissioners’ biographies
  • Endnotes

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