Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 1997, i whakaputaina e ia ngā tono taipitopito o te Kawanatanga mo te whakawātea i roto i te Pukapuka Ma "He reo mo Wales" ā, i ārahi ia i te pakanga angitu a te Rōpū Mahi mo te pōti 'Ae' i te pōti whakawātea i te 18 o Mahuru 1997. Ahakoa i hurihia e Labour te nuinga 4 ki te 1 ki te whakahekenga i tuhia i te 1979
te nuinga iti o te 0.6% i runga i te 50.1% turanga, ka maka he atarangi ki runga i te mana o te whare.