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Assembly, Constituencies and Governance | Budgets and Finance | Economic Development, Transport and Sustainability | Europe

Assembly, Constituencies and Governance

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13 The Block Grant for Wales and the Barnett Formula 06/079 November 2006
15 Local Government Settlement 06/085 December 2006
21 The Constitution: 1 - Wales in the United Kingdom 07/053 May 2007
22 The Constitution: 2 - The Presiding Officer and the Deputy Presiding Officer 07/054 May 2007
23 The Constitution: 3 - The Assembly Commission 07/055 May 2007
24 The Constitution: 4 - The First Minister and Welsh Ministers 07/056 May 2007
25 The Constitution: 5 - The Counsel General 07/057 May 2007
26 The Constitution: 6 - Legislative Competence Orders 07/058 May 2007
27 The Constitution: 7 - Assembly Measures 07/059 May 2007
28 The Constitution: 8 - A Glossary 07/060 May 2007
29 The Constitution: 9 - Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales 07/087 TBC
30 The Constitution: 10 - The Secretary of State for Wales 07/088 TBC
31 The Constitution: 11 - The Languages of the Assembly 07/089 TBC
40 The Statistics & Registration Services Act and the UK Statistics Authority 08/010 March 2008

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Budgets and Finance

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Title

Reference

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4 The Draft Transitional Budget (historical document) 06/041 September 2006
5 The Annual Budget Motion 06/048 October 2006
6 Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) 06/018 March 2006
7 Reading a Budget Table & Making Year-on-Year Comparisons 06/019 March 2006
8 Glossary of Public Finance Terms 06/020 March 2006
9 Assembly Budget Reserves 06/021 March 2006
13 The Block Grant for Wales and the Barnett Formula 06/079 November 2006
15 Local Government Settlement 06/085 December 2006
16 Standard Spending Assessments (SSA) 06/087 December 2006
17 Business Rates / Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) 06/086 December 2006
18 Monitoring Underspend and Overspend 07/001 March 2007
19 End of Year Flexibility 07/090 March 2007

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Economic Development, Transport and Sustainability

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Reference

Date
20 Public Private Partnerships & the Private Finance Initiative (PPP and PFI) 08/004 January 2008
10 Rural Development funding in Wales 06/062 July 2006
11 European Structural Funds 06/061 December 2006
12 European Union Match Funding 2000-06 06/037 August 2006
14 Modulation 07/091 TBC
41 Planning: 1 - Introduction to the Planning System 07/071 May 2007
42 Planning: 2 - National Planning Policy 07/072 May 2007
43 Planning: 3 - Local Planning Authorities 07/073 May 2007
44 Planning: 4 - Local Development Plans 07/074 May 2007
45 Planning: 5 - Permitted Development 07/075 May 2007
46 Planning: 6 - Planning Permission 07/076 May 2007
47 Planning: 7 - Application Process 07/077 May 2007
48 Planning: 8 - Duration of Permission 07/078 May 2007
49 Planning: 9 - Material Change of Use 07/079 May 2007
50 Planning: 10 - Enforcement 07/080 May 2007
51 Planning: 11 - Appeals - Introduction 07/081 May 2007
52 Planning: 12 - Appeals (further information) 07/082 May 2007
53 Planning: 13 - Call-in of Planning Applications 07/083 May 2007
54 Planning: 14 - Tree Preservation Orders 07/084 May 2007
55 Planning: 15 - Control of Outdoor Advertisements 07/085 May 2007
56 Planning: 16 - Glossary 07/086 May 2007

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Europe

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Title

Reference

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10 Rural Development funding in Wales 06/062 July 2006
11 European Structural Funds 06/061 December 2006
12 European Union Match Funding 2000-06 06/031 August 2006
14 Modulation 07/091 TBC

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