Covid: Has pandemic emboldened Wales' devolution calls?

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Covid: Has pandemic emboldened Wales' devolution calls?
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The pandemic exposed the differing ways the Welsh government dealt with the crisis.

But as the public health crisis recedes, does that focus and attention on Senedd politics also recede?: "From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction - you must stay at home."Mask wearing in schools was dropped from 22 February

after the last Covid press conference, First Minister Mark Drakeford reflected on that initial decision: "I thought in the very beginning, the UK government was more likely to rely on legislation, which is dealing with an emergency legislation, which is UK-wide. But he wants to see a different type of relationship, one in which the four UK nations have more direct control.Some, mainly financial decisions, were made at a UK level, while Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland had autonomy over public health decisions.

Welsh Secretary Simon Hart MP had said: "When I look back at it, I think that it was a pity it became almost a political competition at times. I thought that was a bit unedifying.

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