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Reminder - Final week to submit responses to our consultation
This Friday (26 February) our consultation on rights and responsibilities closes. If you wish to submit a response to the issues raised in the Green Paper, Rights and Responsibilities: developing our constitutional framework, please email: rightsandresponsibilities@justice.gsi.gov.uk or send to: Rights, Responsibilities and Values Team, Human Rights Division, Ministry of Justice, 5th Floor, 102 Petty France, London SW1W [...]
Closing date announced for responses to the Green Paper on Rights and Responsibilities
In March 2009, the Ministry of Justice published the Green Paper, Rights and Responsibilities: developing our constitutional framework, which started a national discussion on a potential Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for the UK that would build on the Human Rights Act 1998. The Closing date for responses to the issues raised in the Green [...]
Improving consultation with the third sector
A report and practical handbook on improving consultation with the third sector was published today. The work has been produced jointly by The Office of the Third Sector, Children England [the website will be available here from the 2 December 2008] and Involve. It sets out some research on this area and then provides practical guidance and [...]
New round of Innovation Fund projects
The next round of Innovation Fund projects has just been announced. The Ministry of Justice funded project aims to find new ways of supporting new and different means for the people to address public issues. The successful projects are: Yoosk- An online question time linking the public with local and central government. Run by Thumbsize Ltd UK Feedback - An [...]
Publication of the revised Code of Conduct for Consultation
And there is some more guidance, this time on consultation, following on from the NHS story yesterday. The Code of Conduct for Consultation has been revised, following consultation with stakeholders and the public. You can find it here on the Better Regulation Executive’s website. To accompany the revise code there is also some more detailed, practical guidance. [...]
Why the Youth Citizenship Commission is consulting on lowering the voting age
Young people are becoming increasingly disinterested in formal political processes and are not getting involved in our democracy. For instance, compared with older people, they are less likely to vote, attend political meetings, contact their MPs or join a political party. However, young people do care about the issues that affect their lives and do [...]
Local People getting involved in local spending
Participatory Budgeting is one the of the initiatives which fall under the umbrella of the Governance of Britain agenda. The Department for Communities and Local Government is leading on this work and has developed a strategy for Participatory Budgeting. It’s working closely with the Participatory Budgeting Unit which has draw up lots of useful, practical guidance. The [...]
Joint Committee on Human Rights Publish Report on a Bill of Rights
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 [...]
Consultation on the Draft Legislative Programme ends 6 August
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 [...]
Joint Committee publishes report on draft Constitutional Renewal Bill
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.