The Archbishop of Wales has denounced the pace of the devolution of law-making authority from Westminster to the Welsh Assembly as “tortuous and convoluted,” telling the BBC it would be “immoral” for the Assembly not to be granted further legal powers soon.
Archbishop Barry Morgan’s comments to the Good Evening Wales programme followed a ceremony at Windsor Castle where the Queen approved the transfer of new powers to the Welsh Assembly. The authority to enact laws assisting those with special learning needs was approved on April 9 and is the first of 10 orders ranging from mental health services to fire safety slated for devolution under the 2006 Government of Wales Act.
Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan said the ceremony marked “a little bit of Welsh history” as for “the first time in 500 years the people of Wales are now able to create laws to help improve their day-to-day lives.”
Now “devolution” is something to which Barry Morgan can claim an expertise.
“….the people of Wales are now able to create laws to help improve their day-to-day lives.â€
I think that the probability of “new laws” making anyone’s lives better is highly unlikely. Ridding a society of a great many of laws would very likely make one’s life better.
I am not a Libertine nor a Libertarian. There are just far too many legislative bodies in this world making far too many laws. We are all law-breakers. And how does THAT make one’s life better?
Don