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===Reserved powers model: The Wales Act 2017===
The [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Conservative-Liberal coalition government]] created the [[Commission on Devolution in Wales]] (also known as Silk Commission), composed of members nominated by the 4 parties represented in the Welsh Assembly and several leading legal and political experts, to "create a lasting devolution settlement for Wales". Following the first set of recommendations by the Commission, the UK government announced in November 2013 that some borrowing powers are to be devolved to the Assembly along with control of landfill tax and stamp duty. Additionally the [[Wales Act 2014]] provides for a referendum to be held on the Assembly's ability to set a degree of [[income tax]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-24763988|title=Wales offered tax raising powers|date=1 November 2013|work=BBC News}}</ref> though there is a proposal for the requirement for a referendum to be removed.

Both the UK and Welsh governments supported the Silk Commission (Part 2) proposal to move to a "[[Devolved, reserved and excepted matters|reserved powers]]" model of devolution (similar to that of the [[Scottish Parliament]] and the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]) where the UK government would have specific "reserved" powers and the Welsh Assembly would have control of all other matters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/welsh-affairs/SOS-draft-Wales-Bill-Govt-response.pdf|title=Government Response to the Welsh Affairs Committee Report on Pre-legislation Scrutiny of the Wales Bill|last=Wales Office (UK Government)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.wales/about/organisationexplained/devolution/?lang=en|title=Draft Government and Laws Bill in Wales|last=Welsh Government|date=26 May 2016 }}</ref> This replaced the previous model where certain powers were "conferred" and all others were assumed to be powers of the UK national government. Since the passing of the [[Wales Act 2017]], the power model in Wales has been in line with that of Scotland, being a reserved matter model.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/4/contents/enacted |title=Wales Act 2017 |website=legislation.gov.uk }}</ref>

The [[Wales Act 2017]], based on the second set of recommendations of the Silk Commission, proposed devolving further areas of government, including some relating to water, marine affairs (ports, harbours, conservation), energy (subsidies, petroleum extraction, construction of smaller energy-generating facilities, etc.), rail franchising and road travel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0005/17005.pdf|title=Wales Bill 2016}}</ref>