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The Lords and engagement

by Lord Norton • 06/11/2011 • 19 Comments

Last Wednesday, as part of ‘Parliament Week’, the Hansard Society organised a panel on ‘Parliament and the public: what difference does the Lords make?’ The picture shows the participants (left to right) Lord Soley, Baroness Scott of Needham Market, Peter Riddell (in the chair), Mark D’Arcy of BBC Parliament, Baroness Young of Hornsey, and me. …

by Lord Norton • 10/09/2010 • 38 Comments

Over the past few decades, Parliament has become a much more open institution and has sought to enhance its links with citizens. There is already a substantial flow of correspondence between constituents and MPs – and the volume has grown substantially in recent years – but there have been problems at the institutional level. How…