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Devolution of power in England, Scotland and Wales
Date: 30 April 2003
Devolution of power in England,
Scotland and Wales
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An Executive Council Statement to the 2003 Annual Delegate Meeting. This Statement is designed to inform you about devolved government but also challenge you to get involved and to help campaign for the issues that matter to all of us in Usdaw.
When the Labour Party promised the offer of devolved government to Scotland and Wales in the 1997 manifesto, no one would have guessed that within six months referenda would have been won in both countries and the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly set up and elected 18 months later.
But devolution to Scotland and Wales has been delivered and the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are already making a difference to our members' lives.
The elections in Scotland and Wales on 1 May 2003 will mark another milestone when the Parliament and Assembly are elected for another term in office. But those elections will be very important ones. The people of Scotland and Wales have the power to decide whether they want the Parliament and Assembly to continue to concentrate on improving public services and the way of life, or do they want them to focus on fighting for more power to be devolved?
This paper sets out the choices for our members: the powers of the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, the difference that they can make for our members and the ways we can use these powerful devolved institutions to fight for the issues that matter to us.
With the advent of powers for the English Regions to opt for elected Regional Assemblies those proposals are set out so that Usdaw members can become involved from the very start of the process of devolution, and can help to shape and influence this new tier of government which will impact on all of our lives.
That is what our political work is about - informing, campaigning, changing - because the best people to speak up for Usdaw members are our members themselves.
Devolution of power in England, Scotland and Wales was correct at date of publication April 2003.
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