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Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary 1 Introduction
Our inquiry Asymmetric devolution in the UK
Northern Ireland The changing context 2 Devolutionand the Centre
The Cabinet Office Creating the 'missing' centre? The Secretaries of State
Wales The Civil Service
The future of the home Civil Service Secondments and shared learning Civil Service capacity in Wales 3 Inter-governmentalRelations The framework for inter-governmental relations
Fit for purpose?
Non-transparent Joint Ministerial Committee A new role for the Joint Ministerial Committee?
Inter-parliamentary relations 4 The LegislativeProcess
Wales
Legislative Competence Orders (LCOs) Scrutiny at Westminster An over-complex process? 5 The EnglishQuestion The West Lothian question
The broader question Public opinion Solutions
English votes for English laws Devolution within England Local Government and the English question Conclusion 6 Financeand the Barnett Formula Review of the Barnett Formula
Conclusions and recommendations
Devolution and the Centre The Civil Service Inter-governmental Relations Joint Ministerial Committee Inter-parliamentary relations The Legislative Process Scotland Wales The English Question Solutions An English Parliament English votes for English laws Devolution within England, Local Governmentand the English Question The English Question—Conclusion Finance and the Barnett Formula,/ul> Annex A Formal Minutes Witnesses (page numbers refer to Vol II) List of written evidence (page numbers referto Volume II) Reports from the Justice (previously ConstitutionalAffairs) Committee since Session 2006-07 Oral and Written Evidence - HC 529-II
13 November 2007
29 January 2008
19 February 2008
26 February 2008
13 March 2008
1 April 2008
22 April 2008
8 May 2008
13 May 2008
8 July 2008
Written Evidence
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