Governance of Britain

The fifth local event in this round of meetings was held at the Central Methodist Hall in London on 22nd July.  You can read the key points made at the event london-note-of-table-discussions.pdf. Video footage of the event is also available.

Following events in Bristol, Nottingham and Newcastle, the Governance of Britain’s next event was held at the Brighthelm Church and Community Centre in Brighton. This event followed the same format as previous ones, with an introduction from the Minister of State, Michael Wills, and then round table discussions. Have a look at the key points raised in [...]

This discussion is now closed, thanks for the comments. It will be available to view from the home page until we start our next discussion, at which point you can continue to view all debates here. Moving this discussion on again - we’ve so far covered the current levels of engagement and the idea of deliberative engagement generally. So [...]

For the third of the local events to discuss some key issues of the Governance of Britain agenda we were in Newcastle. The event, held at the Fawdon Community Association Centre on 14th July, was another opportunity to get people’s views about a statement of values, a bill of rights and responsibilities, community engagement and election [...]

On 9th July the second of the Governance of Britain local events was held - this time in Nottingham at the International Community Centre. Michael Wills MP welcomed everyone and introduced the event. We then split into four round table discussions on some key issues. You can have a look at the notes of the meeting [...]

 Today the Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report on a proposed Bill of Rights for Britain. “We are of the view that the United Kingdom should adopt a Bill of Rights and Freedoms. Our work over the last few years has demonstrated that there are many groups in society, such as older people and [...]

On 14 May 2008 the Government published the Draft Legislative Programme for 2008-09. The public consultation on the programme concludes on 6 August 2008. The Government will now be considering the responses received during the consultation and will publish a summary of reponses in the autumn, ahead of the Queen’s Speech which will take place on 3 December [...]

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the draft Constitutional Renewal Bill recently published its report on the Bill. You can read this and also access notes on past oral and written evidence sessions here.