Welsh Assembly Government

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The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, LlCC) is the executive body of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of the First Minister and his Cabinet. As at September 2005, the members of the Assembly Government are:

• First Minister: Rhodri Morgan
• Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services: Sue Essex
• Business Minister: Jane Hutt
• Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration: Edwina Hart
• Minister for Health & Social Services: Dr Brian Gibbons
• Minister for Economic Development and Transport: Andrew Davies
• Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning: Jane Davidson
• Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside: Carwyn Jones
• Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport: Alun Pugh

The Welsh Assembly Government has no independent executive powers in law (unlike, for instance, the Scottish Ministers and Ministers in the UK government). The Assembly was established as a body corporate by the 1998 Government of Wales Act and the executive, as a committee of the Assembly, only has those powers that the Assembly as a whole votes to vest in ministers.

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• Welsh Assembly Government ministers