level: Level 1 of Welsh Assembly and Government
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1 of Welsh Assembly and Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the government of Wales Act 1998? | A law that set up an elected welsh National Assembly and Welsh executive with devolution purely administrative |
| What were the powers of the assembly? | Decides how to allocate funds received from central government between various services including health, education and agriculture |
| How does the Welsh assembly handle its finance? | Without a means of raising finance, the Welsh assembly relies on annual grants from the UK government |
| Why was the government of Wales act 2014 established? | The Lib Dems were in coalition government and the believed and supported further decentralised powers for Wales |
| What were the key provisions of the 2014 act? | Referendum in Wales to decide whether Welsh assembly should have partial control over income tax, Welsh assembly granted control over various taxes including business and landfill taxes, had limited power to borrow money on open markets for big projects |