Hansard Society recommended in Procedure Committee report - February 3, 2010
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)"