Qualla: Senedd https://qualla.com/senedd en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Senedd https://qualla.com/senedd Senedd: Introduction https://qualla.com/senedd/ Photo credit Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 4.0. On Saint David's Day, 1 March 2006, Queen Elizabeth II walked through a building whose ceiling looked like the inside of an upturned wooden bowl. Richard Rogers had designed it - the same architect behind the Pompidou Centre and the Lloyd's Building - but where those landmarks turned their guts to the street, the Senedd hides nothing in particular. Its central feature is a wind cowl shaped like a funnel, drawing daylight and air down into the debating chamber below. Welsh oak. Welsh slate. Canadian Western Red Cedar in the timber ceiling. Above it all, glass. The architecture is an argument: this is what openness looks like when a nation decides it should govern its own affairs.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/gcju-senedd-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Senedd: The Long Road Back https://qualla.com/senedd/ Photo credit Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wales and England share a legal system that goes back to 1536, when the Laws in Wales Acts merged the two countries under one Parliament at Westminster. For 461 years, laws affecting Wales were made elsewhere. The 1997 referendum changed that, narrowly - 559,419 votes in favour, ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/gcju-senedd-the-long-road-back.mp3 0:06 2 full Senedd: Building From the Welsh Ground https://qualla.com/senedd/ Photo credit Seth Whales, Public domain. The Senedd cost around 67 million pounds and was built by Taylor Woodrow on the edge of Cardiff Bay. Rogers's design centres on the Siambr - the debating chamber - which sits beneath an enormous timber funnel that controls heating, cooling, and natural light. Beneath the floor, a...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/gcju-senedd-building-from-the-welsh-ground.mp3 0:06 3 full Senedd: Sixty Members, Soon Ninety-Six https://qualla.com/senedd/ Photo credit PhotoEverywhere.co.uk website, CC BY 2.5. Since 2011, the 60 members are elected for five-year terms using the Additional Member System: 40 representing single-seat constituencies elected first-past-the-post, 20 from five regional lists using the D'Hondt method. Welsh Labour has formed the government in every term since ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/gcju-senedd-sixty-members-soon-ninety-six.mp3 0:06 4 full Senedd: What They Make Laws About https://qualla.com/senedd/ Photo credit Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 3.0. Health and the NHS in Wales. Education. The Welsh language. Agriculture, fisheries, forestry. Local government. The environment. Highways and transport. Culture and tourism. These are the areas in which the Senedd makes law for Wales, while Westminster retains foreign affairs, de...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/gcju-senedd-what-they-make-laws-about.mp3 0:06 5 full Senedd: The Pierhead and the Senedd Together https://qualla.com/senedd/ Photo credit Lilo Lil/Eiona Roberts profile, CC BY 2.0. Walk along Cardiff Bay's waterfront and three buildings sit in conversation. The Pierhead Building, a Victorian red-brick clock tower from 1897, originally built for the Bute Dock Company, now houses the Senedd's visitor centre and exhibition. The Wales Millennium Centre, opened ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/j/u/senedd-wp/gcju-senedd-the-pierhead-and-the-senedd-together.mp3 0:06 6 full