History GCSE
Devolution and the territorial constitution
What Devolution and the territorial constitution means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Devolution and the territorial constitution
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Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the late 1990s transferred powers to new bodies, so Westminster no longer legislated alone.
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