confirmed wales's status as an independence curious nation, which will give birth, sooner than many think, to an independent wales. the cross—party constitutional commission will take our national constitutionaljourney commission will take our national constitutional journey to the commission will take our national constitutionaljourney to the next stage. it is significant that as is co—chair professor laura mcallister put it, the commission will look at the fullest range of potential constitutional futures for wales. indeed and notwithstanding the excellent work of our own independence commission it will be the first time an official body established by the welsh government will undertake substantive research on welsh independence. the commission signifies a shared understanding that we shouldn't wait for our constitutional future to be chosen for us by default by decisions in westminster or indeed by developments elsewhere in these