The Constitution Unit

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales: UK-Wide Implications

Episode Summary

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales launched its final report in January 2024. This seminar examined its recommendations and considered their implications for the whole of the UK.

Episode Notes

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales launched its final report in January 2024. Its recommendations – which  assessed options for ‘entrenched devolution’, full federalism, and Welsh independence – have implications for the whole UK. How would such arrangements be viewed outside Wales? How would they function in practice? Would they affect constitutional debates in Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland?

This webinar discusses these UK-wide implications with an expert panel including the Commission’s Co-chair, Professor Laura McAllister.

Speakers:

• Laura McAllister - Professor of Public Policy at Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre and co-chair of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales
• Nicola McEwen - Professor of Public Policy in the College of Social Sciences and Director of the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow
• Ciaran Martin - Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the Blavatnik School of Government and former Constitution Director in the Cabinet Office

Chair: Alan Renwick - Professor of Democratic Politics and Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit