Hansard Society eNewsletter- December 2009
Civil Liberties: are we placing
ourselves at the mercy of the state?
Tuesday December 8, 6.30pm, Portcullis House,
Westminster
This Democracy Forum will look at whether what can be viewed as our traditional
British ‘apathy' is allowing the state to pass legislation that scrutinises and
controls us. Or, is such a dystopian view a wildly exaggerated response to what
is merely the use of modern tools to tackle 21st century crime and terrorism?
The speakers are:
- Sir
Ian Blair (former Metropolitan Police Commissioner)
- Peter
Oborne (journalist and commentator)
- Henry
Porter (political columnist and novelist)
Chaired by Fiona
Booth, Chief Executive, Hansard Society.
To
register for this event click here.
Ermine,
Ethics and Engagement: Evolution in the House of Lords
A Speech by the Lord Speaker, Wednesday December
9, 6.15pm, House of Lords, Westminster.
The Hansard Society is delighted to inform you about this speech by the Lord
Speaker, Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman. This event will be chaired by Peter
Riddell, Chair of the Hansard Society.
**PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO PASS
THROUGH SECURITY YOU WILL NEED AN OFFICIAL PERSONALISED TICKET AND
PHOTOGRAPHIC ID**
To apply for an official ticket click here
Climate
Change Question Time
Friday December 4, 9am with Ed Miliband MP,
chaired by Kirsty Schneeberger (UK Youth Climate Coalition).
The Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Hansard Society are
delighted to host an exclusive Question
Time debate for 80 young people on climate change and the critical United
Nations Copenhagen climate summit. The audience will be engaging directly with
a panel of top-level UK Government Ministers including Energy and Climate
Change Secretary Ed Miliband. If you know of anyone who may find this of
interest, teachers and pupils alike, please do pass it on.
If you are aged
16-25 and would like to submit a question in advance of the event please email citizenship@hansard.lse.ac.uk
by Wednesday 2 December. Please remeber to include your name, age and the
county in which you live. For
more information please go to our website.
Watch live!
You can watch the debate live online between 9:00am - 10:00am on Friday
December 4 at www.actoncopenhagen.gov.uk.
Political Studies Association Awards
November 24, 2009
Fiona Booth, Chief Executive of the Hansard Society, presented Dr. Tony Wright
MP with the Hansard Society sponsored Parliamentarian of the Year Award at the
PSA Awards 2009. Dr. Wright MP was chosen in recognition of his achievements as
chair of the Public
Administration Select Committee. Tony Wright MP's most recent work as Chair
of the Reform
of the House of Commons Select Committee, formalised their findings in a
report published this week. Click
here to read the report Rebuilding the House.
If you would like to watch the PSA Awards in full it will be aired on BBC
Parliament on Saturday November 28 at 9.00pm.
The
Role of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
Tuesday December 1, 6.00pm, Committee Room 17,
House of Commons.
The Associate Parliamentary Group on Constitution, Parliament and Citizenship
is holding its next meeting and AGM with John Lyon CB, discussing his role as
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. For more information on this event
and to RSVP please contact Dr. Tony Wright MP on wrightt@parliament.uk
or call 020 7219 5583.
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