devolution
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Ap Iorwerth said the 7 May poll was the "most important election in the history of devolution".
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Indeed just five MSPs who were present at the dawn of devolution are standing again.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
McArthur's assisted dying bill was the third to have come before the Scottish Parliament since devolution in 1999, but the first to make it past a stage one vote.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
"And so again, we've seen the devolution of the discourse. How do we come back from a place that we have fallen into?"
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
The responsibility of a Government department for the preparation and execution of legislation is to-day so indispensable that effective legislative devolution is almost impossible without devolution of the executive also.
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
