The Welsh Assembly

It was firstly opened in 2006 and the first meeting took place in 2007. The Senedd is the other name given to the welsh assembly and is situated in Cardiff Bay in penarth,St. David's hotel. It use to be the centre for  trade a few years ago until recently when it was changed to jut a luxury place. This is the place where all the laws are made and enforced throughout Wales. The meetings held in this place are called plenary meetings and they take place every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon at 13.10 in the Siambr.

urban75.org (2012)

The Senedd has a particular ceiling  which is called a wind cowl which draws out warm air and is cooled and passed down to the room and is distributed throughout the whole of the builing. It is also used to collect water from thousands of glasses that are put on the roof when it rains.

geograph.org.uk (2012)



'A referendum is a form of direct democracy but a referendum is rarely used in British Politics. In most issues, as befits representative democracy, the government decides policy after Parliamentary debates etc. Referendums put the onus on the voter in what is essentially a 'yes' or 'no' choice. The Labour Party promised two in its 1997 manifesto on the issue of whether we join the Euro or not and whether the country needed another electoral system to replace the First-Past-The-Post system. Five years later, both these referendums have yet to be called.' referendums (2012)



The changes that were made in the referendum last year are as follows:

'Among the areas announced by the First Minister on 12th July 2011 that Bills will address are:

• Making local authorities to further collaborate when delivering services.
• A new Food Hygiene Rating Scheme to help improve food safety and provide consumers with easily understandable information.
• Organ Donation Bill to create an opt-out system of organ donation.
• The Schools and Standards Bill to tackle under performing schools.
• Reforming social services to provide for the first time a coherent Welsh legal framework to meet changing social expectations and demography.
• Action to address homelessness and empty dwellings, as well as improving standards and tenants' rights in the private rented sector.
• Introduce a duty on Local Authorities to provide and maintain cycle paths in key areas.
• Consolidate existing legislation to make the planning system more transparent and accessible.

The following are the Assembly Bills announced for the 2011/12 session'

http://wales.gov.uk/legislation/programme/?lang=en (2012)