British Government relations with territorial offices in Scotland and Wales after 1998

The bachelor thesis "British government relations with territorial departments in Scotland and Wales after 1998" focus its aim on describing powers of government territorial offices Scotland Office and Wales Office, examine its relations with British government and the distinctions of their powers during devolution years. The main topic of this work is to analyse and describe the motives that lead to set those powers and resolve their changes. The case study is working with assertion that main cause to these changes is the political factor rising out of the centre therefore the work submits an analysis of government devolution acts and how these acts changed institutional framework and intergovernmental relations. In its major part, the work is focused on first and second devolution stage and deals with British government intentions in territorial departments. The attention is put on the roles of the Secretaries of States for Scotland and Wales, who in the nature of their posts influenced Scottish and Welsh politics but were also dependent on British government and their political parties. In the conclusion the work aim is to provide the analysis of change of the political representation across United Kingdom and the effect of this change on devolution arrangements and powers in relation to...