Devolution

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Across
  1. 1. The voting system used in Scotland to elect members of parliament (3)
  2. 3. Welsh Parliament building
  3. 4. Scotland sets its own income tax rates and bands; for example, the higher Rate is 42% in Scotland compared to 40% in England (2)
  4. 5. Free in Scotland; up to £9,250 per year in England (2)
  5. 8. A type of devolution where powers are different across nations
  6. 9. Powers kept by Westminster (e.g. defence, foreign policy)
  7. 14. First UK nation to introduce a plastic bag charge and provides free NHS prescriptions
  8. 15. Constitutional anomaly concerning non-English MPs voting on England-only legislation (3)
  9. 18. Transfer of power from central government to regional bodies
  10. 19. Building of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
Down
  1. 2. SNP leader during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum (2)
  2. 6. The creation of a fully sovereign Scottish state separate from the UK (e.g. 2014 referendum where 55% voted No
  3. 7. Expanded Welsh legislative powers (2)
  4. 10. “English Votes for English Laws”; gave English MPs a decisive say on England-only legislation (introduced 2015, scrapped 2021)
  5. 11. The funding formula used to decide how much money Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receive from the UK Treasury (2)
  6. 12. System in Northern Ireland where unionist and nationalist parties must govern together (2)
  7. 13. 1998 Act establishing Scottish Parliament (2)
  8. 16. Organised separately in each nation, with different prescription fees
  9. 17. An agreement establishing Northern Irish devolution (2)
  10. 18. Powers exercised locally (e.g. health policy in Wales)