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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
A policy area whose decision-making powers remain at UK level rather than being devolved. In Northern Ireland, the Assembly needs the Secretary of State’s consent to legislate on reserved matters.
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Paper 1
Revise: Organization of PowersThe important distinction is between devolved matters, on which devolved institutions can make decisions, and reserved matters, whose powers remain at UK level. The division is not identical in all three devolution settlements. Knowing that a power is devolved in one nation does not automatically tell you who controls it elsewhere.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A policy area retained for decision-making by UK institutions rather than transferred to a devolved body.
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A reserved matter remains the responsibility of UK institutions. The boundary differs between nations, so a power held in one nation should not automatically be assumed to exist in another.
