Experts gather in Cardiff for seminar on Wales devolution
A total of 50 leading experts will gather for a seminar hosted by Aberystwyth University in Cardiff today to explore a particular aspect of the changes in the way Wales is being governed since devolution. The inter-disciplinary seminar is being organized by the University's Institute of Welsh Politics and the Department of Law & Criminology at the Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay. It will bring together Commissioners, Ombudsmen, key decision-makers, Civil Servants and leading academics from Wales and beyond to examine the role of these key figures in Welsh public life. Professor John Williams, Head of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University and one of the convenors said: “Commissioners and Ombudsmen are a prominent feature of Welsh governance and indicate how Wales has developed its distinctive path of governance and policy-learning since devolution. The Children's Commissioner, the Older People's Commissioner for Wales, the Welsh Language Commis...