“The new Government of Wales Act 2006 shakes the historic relationship between England and Wales to its roots …The new legal situation in Wales means that we can now talk of the Welsh Statute Book, Welsh Law, and of redeveloping a body of laws which link us historically with the laws of the princes – the Law of Hywel – one of Welsh culture’s most splendid creations, a powerful symbol of our unity and identity, as powerful indeed as the Welsh language itself.” Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer, National Assembly