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The UK Parliament can suspend devolved bodies

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Powers were devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the late 1990s. The UK government keeps the power to suspend a devolved assembly. This has happened several times in Northern Ireland when the main parties found it hard to work together.

Memory tip: The UK government can suspend a devolved assembly; this has happened in Northern Ireland.

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The UK government has the power to suspend the devolved assemblies.

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