Hansard Society in the Media
For media enquiries, please contact:
Virginia Gibbons, Head of Communications
T: 020 7438 1225
M: 07812 765552
mediaprog@hansard.lse.ac.uk
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The Scout Association has been working with the Hansard Society and Oxfam to encourage young people to register to vote. More information about the project can be found at http://www.activecitizens.net/
The events have attracted press coverage, some of which is listed below:
Oxfam
and Scouts join forces to encourage young voters - Civil Society Media,
Monday 15 March
Charities
campaign to encourage first-time voters - Children & Young People Now,
Sunday 14 March
Scouts urge
young people to vote - Jakehead.com, Saturday 13 March
Scout
Association urging young people to vote - BBC, Saturday 13 March
Nottingham
event to encourage youngsters to vote - This is Nottingham, Saturday 13
March
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The 2010 Hansard Society annual Audit of Political Engagement has received lots of coverage in the media, some of which is listed below:
MPs' expenses scandal 'has not caused collapse in trust in
politics' - Guardian, Wednesday 3 March 2010
Parliament's drift into irrelevance - Politics.co.uk Wednesday, 03, Mar 2010 01:33
Many young voters not registered, says watchdog - BBC, Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Only 22% of parents would be proud to see their child become
an MP - Andrew
Sparrow, Guardian, Wednesday 3 March 2010
Blunkett warns of widening gap between politicians and
public - David Blunkett MP's blog, Wednesday, 03, Mar 2010
Hansard: No silver bullet - Politics.co.uk, Wednesday, 03, Mar 2010
Expenses row had 'modest impact' on MPs' reputations - Epolitix, Wednesday 3 March 2010
Move over Mondeo man - Mr Bored and Ms Mistrustful rule road
in 2010 - Polly Curtis, Guardian, Saturday 27 February 2010
Lalit Modi eases fears of IPL terrorism after Englishmen
wobble - Guardian, Saturday 27 February 2010 16.52 GMT
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On February 10, the Hansard Society published the report Digital citizens and demoncratic participation: An analysis of how citizens participate online and connect with MPs and Parliament which has received coverage in several online publications. Dr Andy Williamson, participated ...
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Dr. Ruth Fox, Director of the Hansard Society's Parliament & Government Programme, was on BBC Breakfast discussing the process of parliamentary privilage. This interview was also covered in the Independent:
"If it is a defence against almost any action that an MP takes in Parliament, in any relationship with their work, then I think this is going to be deeply damaging for the public. They will see that it is putting MPs above the public, giving them enhanced powers, making them essentially above the laws that they themselves make."
Read the coverage:
The Independent
BBC News
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Telegraph - February 4
Liberal Conspiracy - February 4
Left Foot Forward - February 3
Guardian - February 3
Read the press release and letter here
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The Hansard Society is recommended in a report released by the
Procedure Committee - Election of the Speaker and of the Deputy Speakers.
In its conclusions and recommendations it suggests that hustings for the
position of Speaker of the House of Commons should be organised by
organisations such as the Hansard Society. In June 2009 the Hansard Society
organised the first ever public hustings, which were streamed live on the BBC -
the first time a non-parliamentary business event had been broadcast live from
within Parliament. The report said:
"Hustings
4. We welcome the part played by outside
organisations such as the Hansard Society in organising hustings for the
election of the Speaker and believe that this is a role best filled by these
bodies, rather than by the House itself. (Paragraph 19)"
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Dr Ruth Fox was quoted in an article discussing the issue of district council potentially dropping the
practice of counting ballots through the night. The article discusses the affect this may have on the financial markets in the UK.
Read the article on Bloomberg here
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Letter to the Guardian published:
Despite the Wright committee's report on reform of the House of Commons attracting praise and enthusiasm across the political parties (Letters, 14 January), at today's business questions,
the government again failed to schedule a Commons debate on its
recommendations. Reforms such as establishment of a business committee,
enshrining a commitment to set up select committees within six weeks of
parliament returning, and elections for select committees, have serious
implications for the new parliament.
See the letter on the Guardian website here
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The speech given by Sir Ian Kennedy, setting the context for IPSA's proposed MP's expenses scheme, to the Hansard Society received wide media coverage:
Politics.co.uk
Telegraph
Epolitix
Times
Sky News
Daily Express
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Our most recent Democracy Forum on Civil Liberties that took place on Tuesday December 8 provoked a heated debate amongst our panel. Sir Ian Blair, Peter Oborne and Henry Porter engaged in a lively discussion on the night, a discussion that has since continued ...