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  • Parliamentary Public Engagement - how's Westminster doing?

    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...
    Posted to Archived Press Releases (Weblog) by admin on 01-27-2012

  • Should Lobbying Be Transparent?

    18:30, Wednesday 29 February Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster Opening address Mark Harper MP – Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform Panellists John Cryer MP Sir Stuart Etherington – Chief Executive, NCVO Frank Furedi – sociologist and commentator Helen Johnson – Chair, Association...
    Posted to Upcoming Events (Weblog) by admin on 01-19-2012

  • PA Annual Lecture: Parliament & Phone Hacking

    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. To listen to the event in full, Please Click Here To view photos of the event, Please Click...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 01-19-2012

  • Representation of women in politics

    This month marks two years since the Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation published its report and to date little progress has been made in implementing its findings. Today, the report will finally be discussed by MPs after the Backbench Business Committee scheduled a debate on parliamentary...
    Posted to Publications (Weblog) by admin on 01-12-2012

  • Celebrities deserve privacy, say young people - December 15

    www.headsup.org.uk Young people taking part in the HeadsUp forum - The Media...is it doing its job? felt that excessive media intrusion into the private lives of celebrities was unacceptable, particularly when it involved their children and families. The debate - The Media...is it doing its job? - ran...
    Posted to Archived Press Releases (Weblog) by admin on 12-15-2011

  • Dr. Ruth Fox writes in The Huffington Post about Europe

    Dr. Ruth Fox, the Hansard Society's Director of the Parliament and Government Programme has written a piece for The Huffington Post about Europe. It is titled: Europe: Adding a Democratic Crisis to an Economic One? Dr. Fox wrote, "Britain may have wielded its first ever veto in defence of the...
    Posted to Hansard Society in the Media (Weblog) by admin on 12-15-2011

  • The Media: is it doing its job? - November 15

    11-18 year-olds to have their say on press freedom, the recent hacking scandal and the effects of digital media 21 November - 9 December 2011 HeadsUp.org.uk HeadsUp is an online forum for young people to explore political issues and learn about politics through debate with their peers and politicians...
    Posted to Archived Press Releases (Weblog) by admin on 11-15-2011

  • Hansard Scholars Programme (Undergraduates)

    Are you an undergraduate interested in politics and current affairs? Would you enjoy studying and interning in the UK, at the heart of the parliamentary process, alongside key decision-makers and opinion-formers from Parliament, Government, campaign organisations, think tanks, lobbying groups, and the...
    Posted to Study & Scholars (Weblog) by admin on 11-15-2011

  • Building an Effective Social Media Campaign: A Roundtable Debate

    Organised by the University of Manchester and the Hansard Society This roundtable, organised as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science took place during Parliament Week (Oct 31 – Nov 6) and brought together academics, politicians, activists, news producers and journalists to debate how social media...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 11-10-2011

  • Hansard Society Young People's Question Time

    Monday October 31, 6.30pm, Attlee Suite, Portcullis House 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...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 11-09-2011
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