Recent Events
Details of recent events held by the Hansard Society can be found below.
We audio record our events where possible, for a list of all of our recent events which can be listened to via mp3 download, please click here
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To mark the arrival of two new editors for our quarterly Parliamentary Affairs journal, the Hansard Society was delighted to invite Tom Watson MP to give a lecture on Parliament and the phone hacking scandal. Please click the above link for further information, including a full audio of the event
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For this event we had an exciting opportunity for you to quiz the Lords about issues that matter to you. People could join the online debate and aim their Tweets to us at @HansardSociety with the hashtag #PeerTweet.
This event focused on how the House of Lords engages with the public and what must be done to achieve a more connected Upper Chamber, able to address the demands implicit to the emergence of a more knowledge-consuming public.
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In celebration of the centenary of the 1911 Parliament Act the Hansard Society, in collaboration with the City of London, hosted a special one off event with the Speaker, the Rt Hon John Bercow MP, and a panel of distinguished guests at the Guildhall's Livery Hall on Thursday November 3.
This event was shown on BBC Parliament on Sunday November 6 at 7pm
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The first ever Parliament Week took place between 31 October and 6 November. Parliament Week was for everyone, exploring how democracy affects citizens and how they can participate in it. The Hasard Society was involved in holding four events during the week.
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This roundtable, organised as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science and taking place during Parliament Week (Oct 31 – Nov 6) brings together academics, politicians, activists, news producers and journalists to debate how social media are being used to promote protest and political change.
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A panel of MPs debated questions put to them by an audience of young people. The Hansard Society event was part of Parliament Week - a national awareness week which aims to build greater awareness, understanding and engagement with parliamentary democracy in the UK. For more information about what happened during Parliament Week including details of other events and videos and articles which bring to life the UK's democratic history please go to www.parliamentweek.org
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Over recent months select committees have had increased publicity and exposure. This event, with a panel of select committee chairs, will highlight future inquiries, examine how the committees decide what issues to cover, what problems they encounter, what follow-up they do and how they judge an inquiry to be successful.
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This event, organised by the LGiU (Local Government Information Unit) and the Hansard Society, examined the ‘relocalisation’ of the web, and asked are hyperlocal and community websites a vital democratic tool or do they lead to insularity out of step with an increasingly globalised world?
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The National Assembly for Wales and the Hansard Society hosted a panel discussion in the Pierhead to explore the relationship between young people and politics in Wales and asked if politicians and young people are talking at each other rather than listening to each other.
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This
event examined how well select committees operate, particularly given their
recent spell in the limelight. The panel discussed where select committees are successful and where
they need reform. You can listen to the full event by clicking the image on the left hand side