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18:30, Wednesday 29 February
Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster
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UK Parliament compares well with
legislatures around the world but
can still learn from good practice elsewhere
A
new report from the Hansard Society,
Parliaments and Public Engagement: Innovation and
Good Practice from Around the World, published today, reveals that the Westminster Parliament is
one of the more innovative parliamentary
institutions when it comes to engaging the public with its work but that there is still much it can learn from
good practice in other countries.
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New vision which puts citizen and visitor at its heart is needed says new report from the Hansard Society
A new report from the Hansard Society - A Place for People – Proposals for Enhancing Visitor Engagement with Parliament’s Environs - exploring how better use can be made of the Westminster World Heritage Site and Parliament Square concludes that rather than a place of national pride this landmark area is a national disgrace.
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Lord Norton, Professor of Government in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull and member of the Hansard Society's Advisory Council has written a staunch defence of Citizenship's place in the National Curriculum for Democratic Life:
When I visit schools as part of the House of Lords ‘Peers in Schools’ programme, I begin by explaining why Parliament matters. Parliament matters because politics matter. We exist within a society where we are bound by rules. Politics constitute the means by which those rules are debated and agreed. Rules that are to have legal force – that constitute the law – are agreed by Parliament. Acts of Parliament are enforced by the courts, police and by other public agencies. Parliament is thus a central part of our constitutional arrangements. Government may wish to pursue a particular policy – that is, apply a particular rule – but that policy will not be enforceable until approved by Parliament.
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