John Morris has been described as the 'father of devolution in Wales' after drawing up legislation that led to a no vote in the 1979 referendum.
As secretary of state for Wales, he drafted the devolution bill passed by Callaghan's government in 1978 which paved the way for the 1979 referendum.
"I had no idea the defeat would be such a big one," Lord Morris said in a 2015 TV documentary."The truth had to be faced, we had failed abysmally." "There was very little difference between the old Act of 1978 and the new one," he said."It's the same piece of legislation.
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