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Hi,"Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries in the UK having separate systems under separate governments".(1) what does "devolved matter" mean here?(2) could you give me more examples with devolved ( "devolved" followed by a noun )mus-te

Obaidtariq · Accepted Answer

Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level, such as a regional, local, or state level. Devolution can be mainly financial, e.g. giving areas a budget which was formerly administered by central government. However, the power to make legislation relevant to the area may also be granted.

The Scotland Act 1998 (an Act of the UK Parliament) created a Scottish Parliament and passed to it the power to make laws on a range of issues. These are known as devolved matters. (education is one of their devolved matters)

Examples with "Devolved"

1. She cynically asserts that our species is devolving
2. Responsibility has devolved to the individual teachers.
3. Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause.

References:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/visitandlearn/25488.aspx

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