单词 | welsh assembly government |
释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Assembly Government Welsh Assembly n. (also with lower-case initial in the second element) (also more fully Welsh Assembly Government, in Welsh Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru) the Welsh administrative and legislative body, responsible for developing and implementing policy and some legislative functions specific to Wales; any of the buildings in Cardiff, Wales, housing this; (in early use also) this proposed political body; cf. assembly n. 5.The Welsh Assembly was established in 1998 and in 1999 took over the functions of the newly disbanded Welsh Office (Welsh Office n.) and the Secretary of State for Wales; the Government of Wales Act 2006 gave the Assembly some limited powers of legislation, although subject to the veto of the central British Parliament. ΚΠ 1896 Manch. Guardian 28 Jan. 5/3 We shall get disestablishment..as part of a larger measure which will delegate to a Welsh assembly the power to deal with the Church as one of several functions. 1971 Times 4 Mar. (Special Rep. section) p. ii/3 There has been near unanimity in favour of some kind of Welsh assembly accountable to a Welsh electorate. 1999 Mirror (Nexis) 12 May 7 The new Welsh Assembly and its members who met for the first time yesterday. 2003 Independent 1 Nov. (Business Monthly section) 8/3 The company also supplies hotels, libraries and parliament buildings. ‘We..have supplied the leather to the Welsh assembly’. 2009 P. Headicar Transport Policy & Planning in Brit. (new ed.) x. 165 Both the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly have powers of secondary legislation, that is the detailing of measures allowed for within the terms of the primary Act. < as lemmas |
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