Welsh Assembly (Wales Act 1978)

In 1978, the Welsh Assembly (Welsh: Cynulliad Cymru) was a proposed legislature for Wales that would have acquired a set list of devolved powers from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Provisions to establish the assembly were set out in the Wales Act 1978, subject to a post-legislative referendum. The assembly was not established as the proposals were defeated in the 1979 Welsh devolution referendum.

A devolved Welsh assembly would not become a reality until 1999 following the Government of Wales Act 1998 establishing the National Assembly for Wales, now the Senedd (or Welsh Parliament).

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