# Devolution legislation creates new institutions (1998)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1998-devolution-legislation-creates-new-institutions
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Parliament legislated for a Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly following referendums. Within the broader Postwar & Modern UK period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 1998 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. Devolution fundamentally changed the territorial constitution of the United Kingdom.

## Why it matters
Devolution fundamentally changed the territorial constitution of the United Kingdom.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Devolution legislation creates new institutions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Devolution+legislation+creates+new+institutions&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Devolution legislation creates new institutions](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Devolution+legislation+creates+new+institutions)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)