The All Wales Convention was set up by Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister and Ieuan Wyn Jones, the Deputy First Minister of the Welsh Government, to educate the public about the current system of government in Wales and to promote a debate throughout Wales on the National Assembly for Wales’ devolution settlement and whether there should be a referendum on moving to primary law-making powers.
[1] The convention was chaired by Sir Emyr Jones Parry, a former UN ambassador.
[2] The All Wales Convention reported its findings to the First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, on 18 November 2009.
[3] The convention recommended that a referendum be held on giving the Welsh Assembly full law-making powers.
The convention also recommended that a poll be held before June 2010, and said a full law-making Assembly would be better than the current system.