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Are the Lords listening?

Hansard Society 15/07/2009 – 10:54 am

After all the dreadful stories in the past months about Parliament, I'm very pleased to bring you a piece of good news today! As many of you will know, our Information Committee has been carrying out an inquiry into how the House of Lords and Parliament as a whole can engage with the public and enable members of the public to communicate with it. And today we publish our report Are the Lords lis […]

Written at 10:54 am on 15/07/2009, by Hansard Society


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People and Parliament: an update

Hansard Society 12/06/2009 – 11:06 am

As Chairman of the Lords Information Committee, I want to tell you how we have got on in our Inquiry on "How can we improve the relations between Parliament and the Public?". Obviously, this is now a sixty-four dollar question. Since we started in March we've received many many comments from people. We're now having a one hour debate in the Lords this coming Tuesday evening, 16 June, on this subj […]

Written at 11:06 am on 12/06/2009, by Hansard Society


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Guest blog: People and Parliament

Lord Renton of Mount Harry 18/03/2009 – 12:53 pm

When does a Blogger, talking about himself, turn into an Inquisitor asking lots of questions?  That is what I want to become. The Lords Information Committee, of which I am the proud chairman, is starting an inquiry this week in which we want to find out your thoughts about Parliament in general and the House of Lords in particular. We are calling it “People and Parliament”. We are asking […]

Written at 12:53 pm on 18/03/2009, by Lord Renton of Mount Harry


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