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| Queen's Speech promises more power devolution for Wales | Queen's Speech promises more power devolution for Wales |
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| Plans to offer wide-ranging new powers to Wales have been announced in the Queen's Speech outlining the new Conservative government's priorities. | Plans to offer wide-ranging new powers to Wales have been announced in the Queen's Speech outlining the new Conservative government's priorities. |
| More control over energy, transport and elections will be offered to the assembly, as outlined by Prime Minister David Cameron in February. | More control over energy, transport and elections will be offered to the assembly, as outlined by Prime Minister David Cameron in February. |
| The Queen said it was intended as part of a "strong and lasting constitutional settlement" across the UK. | The Queen said it was intended as part of a "strong and lasting constitutional settlement" across the UK. |
| A bill to allow an "in-out" referendum on UK EU membership was also announced. | A bill to allow an "in-out" referendum on UK EU membership was also announced. |
| Beforehand, Mr Cameron said it was a Queen's Speech "that will bring our country together". | Beforehand, Mr Cameron said it was a Queen's Speech "that will bring our country together". |
| He said his "one nation government" would offer "a clear vision for what our country can be - a country of security and opportunity for everyone, at every stage of life". | He said his "one nation government" would offer "a clear vision for what our country can be - a country of security and opportunity for everyone, at every stage of life". |
| Main new powers | Main new powers |
| 'Accountability' | 'Accountability' |
| Speaking earlier, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said: "No one should underestimate our commitment to see a stronger and more coherent devolution settlement that will stand the test of time for Wales. | Speaking earlier, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said: "No one should underestimate our commitment to see a stronger and more coherent devolution settlement that will stand the test of time for Wales. |
| "With more accountability and more decisions taken in Wales, we can support economic growth and help people across the whole country benefit from the economic recovery." | "With more accountability and more decisions taken in Wales, we can support economic growth and help people across the whole country benefit from the economic recovery." |
| A draft version of the new Wales Bill is to be published by the autumn, for consultation ahead of final legislation in 2016. | A draft version of the new Wales Bill is to be published by the autumn, for consultation ahead of final legislation in 2016. |
| First Minister Carwyn Jones said he was "pleased to see a Wales Bill proposed" and "pleased to know that it'll be presented in the autumn". | |
| "Beyond that, of course, it's not the most substantial Queen's Speech of all," he said. | |
| Reacting for the Liberal Democrats, Ceredigion MP Mark Williams welcomed the proposed bill as a "positive step for devolution in Wales". | Reacting for the Liberal Democrats, Ceredigion MP Mark Williams welcomed the proposed bill as a "positive step for devolution in Wales". |
| But he urged the government not to "dither", saying the Tories appeared to have broken Chancellor George Osborne's promise to deliver the bill within a hundred days of the election. | But he urged the government not to "dither", saying the Tories appeared to have broken Chancellor George Osborne's promise to deliver the bill within a hundred days of the election. |
| "The Liberal Democrats ensured devolution moved faster than it had done in any time over the previous decade - the new UK Tory Government can't allow that momentum to be lost," he said. | "The Liberal Democrats ensured devolution moved faster than it had done in any time over the previous decade - the new UK Tory Government can't allow that momentum to be lost," he said. |
| The assembly's presiding officer Dame Rosemary Butler welcomed the bill, but hoped that a move to a reserved powers model would "not reduce our ability to legislate in any way and offers us a settlement that lets us legislate with clarity and coherence for the good of Wales". | |
| Analysis by David Cornock, BBC Wales Parliamentary correspondent | |
| Scotland and Wales may have featured in the same sentence in the Queen's Speech but the two countries are being offered rather different devolution - at different speeds. | |
| The Scotland Bill is expected to be published on Thursday, with a statement to MPs on the transfer of taxation and welfare powers. The Wales Bill is expected - in draft form - in the autumn with "the real legislation" to be debated next year. | |
| The change to a "reserved powers" model means effectively re-writing the devolution settlement, and ministers say they'll take their time to get it right even if they miss the "100 days" target set by Chancellor George Osborne. | |
| The other key question is "fair funding" - the UK government says the details of its pledge on this will come alongside the next spending review. |