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Taking Back Control: Why the House of Commons Should Govern its own Time
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 01:24:39
Publish Date: 2021-01-22 10:24:48
Description:

'Taking Back Control: Why the House of Commons Should Govern its own Time' is a Constitution Unit report which explores why MPs lack control of their own institution, what problems this causes, & what should be done. The Constitution Unit hosted a launch event to discuss the findings of the report. 

Speakers:

  • Karen Bradley MP, Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee.
  • Valerie Vaz MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.
  • Sir David Natzler, former Clerk of the House of Commons, also formerly Clerk of the Wright Committee.
  • Professor Meg Russell FBA (co-author), Director of the Constitution Unit, Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe, and former specialist adviser to the Wright Committee.
  • Dr Daniel Gover (co-author): Lecturer in British Politics at Queen Mary University of London.

Chair:

Jill Rutter, senior research fellow of UK in a Changing Europe.
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