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Notes for a presentation given by Paul Silk and Noel Lloyd at Gregynog on 6 May 2014 on the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Devolution in Wales.

Draft of a statement, with amendments by Paul Silk, to be released along with the Commission's second report on the powers of hte National Assembly for Wales.

A briefing paper for Paul Silk's meeting with Owen Smith, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales containing points to note and Smith's contributions to a Welsh Grand Committee debate on the Commission.

A draft, containing tracked changes, of a press release issued by the Commission highlighting the result of an opinion poll on powers for the National Assembly for Wales, which had been commissioned by the Commission.

A papers with the file name "Stephen_Laws__annex.pdf" explaining considerations of relations between legal jurisdictions in the UK.

A position paper relating to the devolution of policing and the justice system to Wales.

A note exploring a conferred vs reserved powers model and justice considerations named "Extract for David".

Note of the Models of Devolution Expert Evidence Seminar held at Aberystwyth University on 25 June 2013 prepared by the Commission Secretariat discussion the merits of a reserved and conferred powers model of devolution.

A note of the Expert Seminar on Natural Resources held on 26 June 2013 at the Bridge Innovation Centre, Pembroke Dock with evidence from Dr Stevie Upton, Honorary Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre. Dr Roisin Willmott, National Director, RTPI Cymru, Llywelyn Rhys, Deputy Director, RenewableUK Cymru, Ted Sangster, Pembrokeshire Business Initiative andAlec Don, Chief Executive, Port of Milford Haven.

A note of an expert panel seminar on transport held on 23 May 2013 with Michael Whittaker, Co-Oordinator, Taith, Matt Hemsley, Policy and Media Advisor, Sustrans, Martin Buckle, Secretary and Programme Manager, SEWTA, Nick Jones, Traffic Commissioner for Wales and the West Midlands and Martin Evans, Chair, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) Cymru in attendance.

A note of an oral evidence session held on 12 April 2013 with Rosemary Butler AM, Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales, Elisabeth Jones, Director of Legal Services, National Assembly for Wales, Adrian Crompton, Director of Assembly Business, National Assembly for Wales.

Note of an evidence session held on 3 May 2013 with the First Minister of Wales The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM and Hugh Rawlings CB, Director, Department for the First Minister and Cabinet, Welsh Government.

Note of an oral evidence session held on 3 May 2013, compiled by the Commission Secretariat with health professionals comprising Peter Meredith-Smith, Associate Director (Employment Relations), Welsh Royal College of Nursing, Martin Semple, Associate Director (Professional Practice), Welsh Royal College of Nursing, Dr Richard Lewis, Welsh Secretary, British Medical Association Welsh Council, Dr Philip Banfield, Chair, British Medical Association Welsh Council and Colin Ferguson, Director, Royal College of Surgeons Professional Affairs Board in Wales.

A note prepared by the Commission Secretariat summarising a meeting held on 13 May 2013 with an expert panel comprising : Cynog Dafis, UK Changing Union Partnership, James Foreman-Peck, Professor of Economics, Cardiff University, Emyr Lewis, Senior Fellow in Law, Cardiff University and Alan Trench, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University College London.

Note of oral evidence given by Sir Roderick Evans, Former High Court Judge and Presiding Judge of Wales on 24 July 2013. Matters discussed include establishing a legal jurisdiction for Wales, Welsh the courts, the devolution of policing, tribunals, probation and prisons and a reserved verses conferred powers model of devolution.

Note recording the Commission's position on a number of issues around elections and the electoral system at a meeting held on 12 April 2023.

Note of an Oral Evidence Session with Sir Robert Rogers, clerk of the House of Commons and Paul Evans, Principal Clerk of the table Office, held on 12 April 2013 at the Commission Office in Cardiff. Issues discussed include the Assembly's capacity to legislate, devolution of powers over elections, Legislative Consent Motions and relations between the Assembly and UK Parliament.

Note of an Oral Evidence Session with Kay Jenkins of the Electoral Commission held on 12 April 2013 at the Commission office in Cardiff. The issue of devolving responsibility for elections and the electoral franchise the the National Assembly for Wales was discussed.

Note of an oral evidence session on the justice system held on 25 July 2013 with evidence from Professor Rod Morgan, Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, the University Police Science Institute, University of Cardiff and the University of Sussex; and former chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (2004-7), Juliet Lyon CBE, the director of the Prison Reform Trust, Sarah Dew, Wales representative on the Board of Trustees of the Magistrates' Association, and Gavin McLeod, Secretary of the Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (WCAJTC).

Note of an evidence session comparing conferred and reserved powers models of devolution held on 25 July 2013 at the Commission office in Cardiff. Evidence was taken from Ann Sherlock, Lecturer, Department of Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University and Professor Daniel Wincott, Professor of Law, Cardif University and co-chair of the Wales Governance Centre.