Editing Wales (section)

=== Devolved Government ===
{{Main|2 = Welsh Government|3 = Senedd}}
[[File:First Minister meeting with First Minister of Wales - 52943408033.jpg|thumb|right|First Minister Mark Drakeford meets with First Minister of Scotland [[Humza Yousaf]] in Edinburgh, 2023]]
Following [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolution]] in 1997, the [[Government of Wales Act 1998]] created a Welsh devolved assembly, the [[National Assembly for Wales]], with the power to determine how Wales's central government budget is spent and administered.<ref name="Wyn Jones">{{cite book |last1=Wyn Jones |first1=Richard |title=Wales says yes : devolution and the 2011 Welsh referendum |date=2012 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=978-0-7083-2485-1}}</ref> Eight years later, the [[Government of Wales Act 2006]] reformed the [[National Assembly for Wales]] and allowed further powers to be granted to it more easily. The Act also created a system of government with a separate executive, the Welsh Government, drawn from and accountable to the legislature, the National Assembly. Following a successful referendum in 2011, the National Assembly was empowered to make laws, known as Acts of the Assembly, on all matters in devolved subject areas, without requiring the UK Parliament's approval of legislative competence. It also gained powers to raise taxes.<ref name="Expert Panel">{{cite book |last1=McAllister |first1=Laura |last2=Campbell |first2=Rosie |last3=Childs |first3=Sarah |last4=Clements |first4=Rob |last5=Farrell |first5=David |last6=Renwick |first6=Alan |last7=Silk |first7=Paul |title=A parliament that works for Wales |date=2017 |publisher=National Assembly for Wales |location=Cardiff |url=https://senedd.wales/media/eqbesxl2/a-parliament-that-works-for-wales.pdf |ref={{harvid|Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform 2017}}|access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>{{rp|33–34}} In May 2020, the National Assembly was renamed "Senedd Cymru" or "the Welsh Parliament", commonly known as the Senedd in both English and Welsh.<ref name="Senedd Cymru name">{{Cite web |title=Senedd Cymru and Welsh Parliament names become law |url=https://senedd.wales/senedd-now/news/senedd-cymru-and-welsh-parliament-names-become-law/ |date=11 May 2020 |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Welsh Parliament }}</ref>

Devolved areas of responsibility include agriculture, economic development, education, health, housing, local government, social services, tourism, transport and the Welsh language.<ref>{{cite web |title=Making laws for Wales |url=http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/making-laws-for-wales.htm |access-date=6 October 2010 |publisher=National Assembly for Wales |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922170818/http://assemblywales.org/abthome/making-laws-for-wales.htm |archive-date=22 September 2010 }}; {{cite web |title=Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (as amended) |url=http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-legislation/bus-legislation-guidance/bus-legislation-guidance-documents/legislation_fields/schedule-5.htm |access-date=6 October 2010 |publisher=National Assembly for Wales |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120052232/http://assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-legislation/bus-legislation-guidance/bus-legislation-guidance-documents/legislation_fields/schedule-5.htm |archive-date=20 November 2010 }}</ref> The Welsh Government also promotes Welsh interests abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2019/02/expanding-wales-international-footprint/|first=Owain|last=Richards|title=Expanding Wales' international footprint|publisher=IWA|date=8 February 2019|access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>