Parliamentary e-Petitions – Politics lite?
Tuesday 20 May, 6-7.15pm, House of Commons Speakers: Richard Allan, Government Affairs Director, Europe, Cisco Systems Bethan Jenkins AM, Member, Petitions Committee Rt Hon Greg Knight MP, Chair,...
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‘Time is the oxygen of Parliament’. So said the now Leader of the House Sir George Young MP in a speech to the Hansard Society in March, setting out his party’s agenda for parliamentary and...
View ArticleHansard Society raises some questions on e-Petitions
Whose role? Whose responsibility? The Director of the Hansard Society’s Digital Democracy programme, Dr Andy Williamson, has welcomed the government’s announcement that online petitions will be debated...
View ArticleScotland and Wales lead the field in ePetitions, says Hansard Society
Scotland and Wales lead the field in ePetitions, says Hansard Society A new Digital Paper, Digital Democracy in Scotland and Wales: Lagging or Leading?, published today by the Hansard Society,...
View ArticleHansard Society welcomes Commons e-Petitions initiative
A well-designed process will help public engage with work of Parliament Today’s announcement by Sir George Young MP, Leader of the House, that a new petitions site will be opened on DirectGov is...
View Article‘Parliament must take over e-petitions,’ says Hansard Society
A Petitions Committee is needed to deal with petitions and respond to public expectations A new Briefing Paper What Next for E-Petitions? published today by the Hansard Society examines the problems...
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What Next for E-Petitions?
A Petitions Committee is needed to deal with petitions and respond to public expectations. A new Briefing Paper What next for e-petitions? published today by the Hansard Society examines the problems...
View ArticleE-petitions – the move towards a collaborative system
By Charles Walker MP, Chair, House of Commons Procedure Committee The prospect of a Parliamentary e-petitions system has been considered a number of times over two Parliaments, but up until now has...
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