00:00 If you didn't already know, there's a general election coming up and it's now less than
00:06 a month away. We've seen the campaign trail start and now we've hit the latest milestone
00:12 of all the major parties announcing their manifestos. This means that plenty of topics
00:17 from taxes to transport will be on the agenda for parties and politicians all across Wales.
00:24 Devolution has been in place for around a quarter of a century and it means that certain
00:29 powers are afforded to the devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. These
00:35 powers vary between nations but in Wales there are some important fields that are governed
00:40 from within the country. Arguably the biggest of those fields is health, which includes
00:45 obviously the NHS, which is the sole responsibility of the Welsh government in Wales. That means
00:51 that any specific policies about the NHS from the major parties during this general election
00:56 cycle are only applicable to England. The same rules go for other areas too, like education
01:03 and transport. That means that issues regarding schools is, like health, only relevant to
01:08 England at the moment. Plans to change the curriculum or increase funding to schools,
01:14 for example, would not directly benefit schools in Wales. There are plenty of different areas
01:20 that are also not relevant to the people of Wales during this general election, like agriculture
01:25 and rural development, the environment, culture, highways and transport, tourism, the Welsh
01:31 language and local government. There is obviously plenty of overlap, for example in terms of
01:36 the environment, climate change is an international issue, so even though the environment is a
01:41 devolved matter, it could be something that has a big impact on Welsh people depending
01:45 on what Westminster do. Devolution is incredibly complicated and has changed constantly over
01:51 the last 25 years, but during the general election it's important to know what matters
01:57 here in Wales.
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