📝 What a lovely way to end the week: The Journal of Environmental Law has now published my article entitled "The devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales: an environmental law perspective".
You can read the article (Open Access) here: academic.oup.com/jel/advance-...
Odd to see use of the Parliament Acts described as “unconstitutional”, even “unprecedented”.
It’s not unconstitutional for the Lords to vote against a Bill. Nor is it unconstitutional for the Parliament Acts to be used to pass a Bill approved by the Commons alone.
That is actually the constitution
Wonderful to be back in the archive at NLW.
I'm finalising a paper examining the C.20th proposals for an elected Welsh Assembly.
FPTP was often the preferred voting system (some AV, AMS and STV). Plans for the size of an Assembly differ wildly: 50, 60, 72, 80, 88, 95, 100.
Full paper coming soon
First one of the academic year @ Brynmill Coffee ☕️
📝 A new blog from me looking at some of the legal and political matters associated with recent calls for the devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales.
how it feels to be asked about your research
A Bill that would transfer responsibility for the Crown Estate in Wales to the Welsh Government has passed the report stage in the House of Lords without opposition and is now set for its third reading ✍️Emily Price
📚 The unexpected things you find when browsing through a second-hand bookshop. Pictured are yesterday's purchases from Goldstone Books in Carmarthen. I thoroughly recommend a visit as they have an excellent selection of books on Welsh history and politics.
Congratulations
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Enjoying a tree-mendous evening of public law talks at tonight's ALBA event 🎅🏻 @adminlaw.bsky.social
Why the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill marks a key point of departure.
By @a-b-evans.bsky.social #UKpol
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/senedd-...
4/ The work of Richard and other Welsh Liberals would contribute to the introduction of the secret ballot in 1872.
Writing in the 1880s, Stuart Rendel (Lib MP, Montgomeryshire) argued that it was not until the Ballot Act that the Welsh electorate was truly represented in elections at Westminster.
3/ In 1869, Henry Richard (Liberal MP Merthyr Boroughs) delivered his maiden speech before the Commons where he claimed to raise the first Welsh question at Westminster "in the memory of man". The contents of the question included the issue of landlord interference at the 1868 election in Wales.
2/ The issue of political landlordism formed an important part of the early catalogue of Welsh questions in the House of Commons.
1/ Always a delight to be back in Aberystwyth and spending a day at the National Library of Wales.
Still on the theme of the Welsh Liberals in the nineteenth century, my current research is investigating political landlordism at general elections in Wales in the 1850s-70s.
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - November 29, 1995: The tradition of singing O Canada at the start of the Wednesday sitting begins. Below is how it appeared in that day's Hansard. (The Speaker noted the 25th anniversary of the practice in 2020).
Plaid Cymru is today calling for a new Wales Bill to give our nation powers on par with Scotland.
Time to level the playing field.
🏴UK ELECTION 2024 BRIEFING VIDEO 📼
The video of the Wales Election Study briefing on the 2024 UK General Election is now available on the @cardiffuni.bsky.social YouTube Channel!
@jaclarner.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social present new data and analysis from Wales 👇🏴
youtu.be/7CMXfpiWfso
Very much looking forward to the Study of Parliament Group's 60th birthday conference in Westminster on 5/6 December. It is open to non-members of the Group - see here: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2024/10/09/s...
For my sins, I spend my spare time researching the constitutional history (especially #devolution related) of these isles, & as this seems as good as time as any for a self-indulgent plug, here’s a 🧵 of some of my articles:
It has a name
WCML would be much quicker. The XC franchise is capped at Crewe on WCML and not sure if there's scope for an Open Access operator. Route capacity may be the sticking point for any WCML offering.
Both ECML. I read that the GC proposal has 11 stops, and XC has 22. Also, more daily services under the GC plan.
Perhaps a little too cynical? XC announced plans for this route a year ago (before GC), and the GC/XC plans are different in terms of frequency of services, route map, stops, on board offering etc, so not necessarily direct competition. Still a case for a separate Open Access route.