Draft of a speech given by Sir Paul Silk at Aberystwyth University in March 2016 on the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales entitled Changing Society, Changing Law.
Draft of a speech given by Paul Silk to the British Academy on the constitutional future of Wales and the UK and the work of the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales.
Draft of speech given by Paul Silk to Leicester University Law Department on Wales constitutional history, devolution and relations between the constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
Notes for a talk by Paul Silk to staff of the National Assembly for Wales in April 2015 where he discusses his role as chair of the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales and the responses of the various political parties to the Commission and its recommendations.
The file comprises papers relating to the departure of Sir Paul Silk as Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales in 2007, including various letters and e-mails thanking him for his work and wishing him well, correspondence relating to press interest in the severance arrangements, a statement on his departure by Sir Paul Silk and correspondence relating to the new interim structure in the Office of the Presiding Officer along with the text of a speech given to the Study of Parliament Group given by Sir Paul outlining why he believed that the Presiding Officer, Dafydd Elis-Thomas did not wish him to remain as Clerk.