UK Government and devolved legislatures

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political arrangement system of governance

The UK Government and devolved legislatures comprise the central government in Westminster and the separate elected administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland that share powers over different policy areas within the United Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
UK Government and devolved administrations	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political arrangement ⓘ system of governance ⓘ
centralInstitution	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Acts of Parliament ⓘ Government of Wales Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Wales Act 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
devolvedInstitution	Northern Ireland Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ Senedd Cymru NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralSystemIncludes	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ single transferable vote ⓘ
governingPrinciple	devolution ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty of the UK Parliament ⓘ
hasPart	Cabinet of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ Senedd Cymru NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
includesDevolvedTerritory	Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOperation	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh ⓘ
legalFramework	uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom ⓘ
policyCoordinationMechanism	Joint Ministerial Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ intergovernmental relations structures in the UK ⓘ
retainedPowersIn	defence ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ immigration ⓘ macro-economic policy ⓘ
sharesPowerOver	domestic policy areas ⓘ education policy ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ health policy ⓘ transport policy ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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BIC → cooperationAmong → UK Government and devolved legislatures ⓘ

subject surface form: British-Irish Council

this entity surface form: UK Government and devolved administrations

Joint Ministerial Committee → reportsTo → UK Government and devolved legislatures ⓘ