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Article: Time to sort out what to call the executive arm of the National Assembly; Constitutional confusion is jeopardising the quality of democracy in Wales, warns Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales. Here, he claims the Welsh Assembly Government is in urgent need of a new name.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2008
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Byline: Dafydd Elis-Thomas
THE National Assembly recently surveyed more than 2,500 people in Wales for their opinions about the National Assembly for Wales and how much they understood about the powers of the Assembly.
I was naturally delighted to find that opposition to the Assembly, which has constantly declined from 39% in 1997, is only at 15% today. I am also very pleased that across Wales there is now a similar level of support for the Assembly in all regions.
The research also found a reasonable degree of interest in politics and knowledge ...