Devolution

Question 1

Successes of devolution?

Answer 1

-worked well in Scotland and Wales, and the number of powers devolved has increased
-devolution has led to help to end the violent period know as ‘the troubles’ in Northern Ireland

Question 2

Failures of devolution?

Answer 2

• in Northern Ireland policy disagreement and a scandal over a failed renewable energy scheme mean that the assembly was suspended between January 2017 to 2020
• a 2004 proposal to create a north east regional assembly was emphatically rejected by 78% of voters