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Westminster, Wales and Water

Language: English

October 1999 · 288 pages ·234x256mm

· Hardback - 9780708315224

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About the Author(s)

In 1979, Nicholas Edwards was appointed Secretary of State for Wales by Margaret Thatcher following the Conservative election victory. This volume is an insider's commentary on British government and in events in Wales over the last quarter of a century.

Welsh language broadcasting; demonstrations; industrial rebirth; with the Prime Minister; a Scottish argument - the role of the Scottish Secretary; policy for the Welsh language; a writ from the GEC; arts funding; initiatives in the South Wales Valleys and the health service; Cardiff Bay; University College Cardiff; royal episodes; a little difficulty; De Valera's funeral; the Battles of Cwrt-Y-Gollen; devolution roads and treasury foibles; the Aids committee; moral dilemmas; a new agency; the public accounts committee; the work of the NRA 1989-1996; the environment agency and the Cardiff Opera House.

Author(s): Nicholas Crickhowell

Lord Crickhowell, once a member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, was formerly Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust, Secretary of State for Wales, and Chairman of the National Rivers Authority. He is President of the University of Wales, Cardiff, a director of Associated British Ports, and Chairman of HTV.