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Branwen Jones

'Wales isn’t known in parts of the world and that doesn’t create opportunities'

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales' co-chairs, Professor Laura McAllister and Dr Rowan Williams, have spoken about the importance of visibility for Wales. For the past year, their independent commission has been gathering evidence on how Wales is currently governed.

On Wednesday, the former footballer and academic Professor McAllister and former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Williams took part in a session with the Welsh Affairs Committee in Westminster where they were asked about the purpose of their commission, what they had found so far and the work they had been doing, by a group of cross-party MPs.

In December of last year, a report by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales found there were "significant problems by the way Wales is currently governed" within the Union. The report went on to argue that the "status quo" was not a viable option for providing stability and prosperity for Wales.

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