Devolved issues can often be a minefield. The Welsh government have responsibility over some issues, and some they don’t. The crown estate is one field Wales don’t have authority over the issue, but discussions have been ongoing. Or have they, the First Minster says differently to others.
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00:00The Crown Estate makes up a massive amount of land all across Wales and brings in a significant
00:07revenue for the Treasury and the King. It's officially owned by the Monarch but can't
00:11be sold by them and is managed by the Crown Estate Commissioners across England, Wales
00:15and Northern Ireland, but there have been calls to devolve the issue to the Welsh Government.
00:19It happened in Scotland in 2017, so now they're in charge of what happens to the Crown Estate,
00:24bringing in millions of pounds for the country. But there have been some confusion over whether
00:28the same discussions have taken place in Wales. The First Minister, Eluned Morgan, has said
00:33that she's had conversations about devolving the Crown Estate, saying that she's said she's
00:37brought it up with the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, but Plaid Cymru says that's not the
00:41same thing as official discussions with the UK Government. UK Treasury Minister Darren
00:45Jones, who's the Minister who oversees the Crown Estate, has said that no such discussions
00:50have taken place. The Crown Estate in Wales is worth over £600 million and makes up almost
00:55two-thirds of the seabed around the country.