Overview

• The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales has concluded that independence for Wales is a 'viable' option, but would face significant short to medium term challenges.
• The commission also considered transferring further powers from Westminster and creating a federal UK as viable options.
• The report calls for Wales to have full control of its rail network, and for powers over justice, policing and rail infrastructure to be devolved to the Senedd.
• The commission does not support any one option, but notes that enhanced devolution would be a lower risk, a federal UK would be potentially the most complicated option, and independence would mean 'hard choices' in the short to medium term.
• The report has been welcomed by Wales's outgoing first minister, Mark Drakeford, but criticized by the Welsh Conservatives as a 'distraction'.