Everything about Council Of Wales totally explained
See also the Council of Wales and the Marches for the council governing Wales between 1473 and 1689.
The
Council of Wales, and later the
Council of Wales and Monmouth, was an unelected council established in 1948 by the
U.K. government until its dissestablishment with the formation of the
Welsh Office .
The formation of the
Council of Wales was partially in response to
Plaid Cymru's growing influence following the
Second World War. The council's foundation was opposed by
Labour politicians such as
Aneurin Bevan,
Morgan Phillips and
Clement Attlee, who felt that its establishment would encourage
Welsh nationalism. Bevan, the most influential and outspoken Welsh
M.P. of his day, believed any form of devolution would distract Wales from the
political mainstream of
U.K. politics. As a result of the opposition, the council had only 27 appointed members and held no authority. The
Council of Wales had a primary responsibility to advise the UK government on matters of
Welsh interest.
With the failure of unanimous Welsh political opposition to prevent the flooding of
Capel Celyn, and subsequent growth in
Plaid Cymru influence in the 1950's, the
Council of Wales recommended the creation of a
Welsh Office and
Secretary of State for Wales early in 1957, at time when the governance of Wales on a UK national level was so demonstrably lacking in many people's eyes.
However, council member and one time
Plaid Cymru critic
Huw T. Edwards, didn't believe the Council went far enough. Edwards resigned in 1958 from the Council of Wales over what he described as "Whitehallism." Later that year he joined
Plaid Cymru.
Responding on the calls of Welsh devolution, by
1964 the
Labour Government gave effect to Council of Wales proposals by establishing the unelected
Welsh Office (
Welsh:
Swyddfa Gymreig) and
Secretary of State for WalesFurther Information
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