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Note of a meeting between Paul Silk and Lord Barry Jones where Lord Jones gave his observations and opinions on the desirability of devolving specific additional responsibilities to the National Assembly for Wales and how cross border issues would be managed.

Note of a meeting between Paul Silk and Lord Rowe-Beddoe on 10 July 2013 where Lord Rowe-Beddoe presented his opinions on the devolved settlement and the benefits of a properly structured federal system for transparency and economic development.

Note of a meeting between the Commissioners and Chris Flatt, Deputy Director, Constitution and Communications, Scotland Office
held on 11 July 2013. Much of the note relate to the relationship between the Scotland Office and Scottish Government, especially over the legality of Scottish Acts, although the relationship between the Wales and Scotland Office, the lack of interest in a single Secretary of State for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and the exchange of staff were also discussed.

Note of a meeting with Ciaran Martin, Director of the Constitution Group at the Cabinet Office held on 1 July 2013. The relationship between the Welsh and UK Governments and how this compared to the relations with the other devolved governments, the merits of the conferred versus reserved powers model of devolution and the UK Government's approach to constitutional reform were discussed.

Note of a Commission meeting with Dickon Howell, Head of Marine Licensing at the Marine and Maritime Organisation on 11 July 2013. where the relationship between the MMO and the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales was discussed.

Note of a Commission meeting with Richard Beaver, Director of Strategy, Ofwat, held on 11 July 2013 to discuss Offwat's relationship with the Welsh Government, possibilities to trade water between Wales and England and the return of responsibility for sewerage to Westminster in 2006.

Note of a meeting with Sir Bob Kerslake, Head of the Civil Service, held on 11 July 2013 on the working of the Civil Service in relation to devolution and the Welsh Government was discussed.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.