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Has Devolution Delivered for Women?
May 25 2010, the Scottish Parliament
Introduction to pamphlet and speakers
Wendy Alexander MSP
Dr. Fiona Mackay
Lesley Riddoch
Audience questions and panel's responses to follow
Parliamentary Reform Lecture Series
Sir George Young MP (Shadow
Leader of the House of Commons) - March 18, 6.30pm
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David Howarth MP (Liberal
Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Solicitor
General) - March 15, 6pm.
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Jack Straw MP (Lord Chancellor
and Secretary of State for Justice) - March 9, 6.30pm.
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Independent MPs - what can they bring to Parliament?
March 16, House of Commons
Dr
Richard Taylor MP & Chris Mullin MP
Cllr
Diane Park & Professor Phillip Cowley
Q&A
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The 7th annual Audit of Political Engagement Launch
March 3, House of Commons
Dr Ruth Fox presents the Audit's findings
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
Shailesh Vara MP
The Lord Rennard MBE
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How many women does it take to make a difference?
February 9, House of Commons
Linda Tarr-Whelan & Harriet Harman MP
Nadine Dorries MP & Professor Sarah Childs
Q&A
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Ermine, Ethics and Engagement: Evolution in the House of Lords
The Lord Speaker, Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman
December 9, House of Lords
Lord Speaker's speech Q&A
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Civil Liberties: Are we placing ourselves at the mercy of the state?
Decmber 8, House of Commons, Westminster
Henry Porter, Sir Ian Blair and Peter Oborne Civil Liberties Q&A
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Parliament in an anti-politics age: the outreach challenge
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP
November 30, Portcullis House, Westminster
The Speaker's speech Q&A
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Twitter:Communication tool or pointless vanity?
October 21, 2009
Kerry McCarthy MP & Jo Swinson MP
Andrew Walker & Iain Dale
Q&A
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A Speech by the Speaker: Parliamentary Reform - The Route from here to there
September 24, 2009
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Speech
Q&A
Part 1
Q&A
Part 2
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Has devolution delivered for women? The Hansard Society and the
British Council hosted this event at the Festival of Politics.
August 13, 2009
Part
1 Paul Docherty intro; Joyce McMillan & Johann Lamont MSP
Part
2 Rosemary Butler AM & Professor Alice Brown
Part 3
Professor Laura McAllister; Q&A
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30
Years of Scrutiny - Select Committee Conference
The challenges for scrutiny
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The future of select committees Listen to
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Young
people: Who cares what they think?
Part 1
Jo Swinson MP & Emily Beardsmore (Chair, British Youth Council)
Part
2: Meryl Roberts & Geral Owusu (Member of the UK Youth Parliament for
Haringey) Q&A
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What lessons should Westminster
learn from Holyrood?
May 19, 2009
This event was covered by Radio 4's Today in Parliament May 21, 2009
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Launch of the Audit of Political Engagement 6
April, 2009
Dr
Ruth Fox presentation of Audit 6 findings
Shahid
Malik MP; Shailesh Vara MP
Jo Swinson MP; Q&A
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The Online Campaign - solution or smokescreen?
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Europe or America: where
is our special relationship now?
March 18, 2009
Part 1 Charles Kennedy MP; Mark Tokola, American Embassy
Part 2 Bronwen Maddox, The Times; Caroline Flint MP
Part 3 Q&A
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Citizens or consumers - which does a democracy need more?
January 29, 2009
Tony Travers (LSE) & Ken Livingstone
Dr Vince Cable MP & Angela Knight (British Banker's Association)
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Making Politics Fit for Purpose
November, 2009
Clare Short MP's speech
Q&A session
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No Politics, Please ….We’re Women!
Part 1 Dr Sarah Childs, Helen Goodman MP
Part 2 Dr Jonathan Dean, Ros Taylor, Lee Chalmers
Part 3 Questions &Answers
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People Like Us: Is British Society fairly reflected in Parliament? Party Conferences Autumn 2008
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat Fringe Event Part 1
Liberal Democrats Fringe Event Part 2
Liberal Democrat Fringe Event Part 3
Conservatives
Conservatives Fringe Event Part 1
Conservatives Fringe Event Part 2
Conservatives Fringe Event Part 3
Labour
Labour Fringe Event Part 1
Labour Fringe Event Part 2
Labour Fringe Event Part 3
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Rt Hon Jack Straw MP addresses Hansard Society meeting on legislative process
Alex Brazier and Peter Riddell introducing the Law in the Making research
Keynote speech by Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Panel 1 -
External Influences on the Legislative Process (Part 1, Part 2)
Panel 2 - The Role of Parliament and Parliamentarians in
Influencing Legislation (Part 1, Part 2)
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Was the West Lothian question answered?
February 6, 2008
West Lothian event Part 1, West Lothian event Part 2,
West Lothian event Part 3, West Lothian event Part 4, West Lothian event Part 5
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Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP addresses inaugural annual lecture
December, 2007
Ken Clarke lecture 1 Ken Clarke lecture 2
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