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WALES'S PARLIAMENT WALES'S RIGHT

Posted by Jeff Rees on June 28, 2007 2:17 PM | 

From:
One Wales A progressive agenda for the government of Wales
2. A Strong and Confident Nation p.6

We will set up an all-Wales Convention within six months and a group of MPs and AMs from both parties will be commissioned to set the terms of reference and membership of the Convention based on wide representation from civic society.

From:
THE SCOTTISH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION


The Convention held its inaugural meeting on 30 March 1989 in the Church of Scotland's General Assembly Hall in Edinburgh. It adopted a declaration, which was signed by all its members. This was a Claim of Right, the third in Scotland's history, and its purpose was to root the Convention solidly in the historical and historic Scottish constitutional principle that power is limited, should be dispersed, and is derived from the people.

This was the text:
We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge
the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of government
best suited to their needs, and do hereby declare and pledge that in all our actions
and deliberations their interests shall be paramount
We further declare and pledge that our actions and deliberations shall be directed
to the following ends:
* To agree a scheme for an Assembly or Parliament for Scotland; * To mobilise Scottish opinion and ensure the approval of the Scottish people for that scheme; and * To assert the right of the Scottish people to secure the implementation of that scheme.
Lets have our own Welsh constitutional principle that power is limited, should be dispersed, and is derived from the people, stated in our the All-Wales Convention.
 

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