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 Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: Commons: PassThisOn:Referenda, public meeting 17th June 2008 |
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If you want to attend this meeting then you must contact the organisers.
<http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/upcoming_events/archive/2008/04/23/referendums-what-are-they-good-for.aspx>
http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/upcoming_events/archive/2008/04/23/referendums-what-are-they-good-for.aspx
ANNOUNCEMENT
Referendums: What are they good for?
Tuesday 17 June, 6.45 - 7.45pm, House of Commons
Speakers:
Dr David Butler, Oxford University, David Curry MP, Chris Huhne MP,
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Steve Richards, The Independent,
Rt Hon Clare Short MP.
Chair - Virginia Gibbons, Hansard Society
This meeting will discuss the highly topical issue of the role of
referendums in the British political system. Can they be used in a
representative Parliamentary democracy without usurping the power of our
elected representatives? What issues are appropriate to be put to a
referendum? How can we ensure that referendum outcomes are not skewed by
political or financial resources?
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Background materials:
Butler, David & Ranney, Austin (eds.), Referendums around the world: the
growing use of direct democracy. (Macmillan, 1994)
Macpherson, Michael J., Citizens’ initiative and referendum in Britain
and Northern Ireland 2007: Prospects for reform
<http://europa-magazin.ch/zone/.3bb51286/cmd.14/cert.201.A0J0awU8Zxh.2>
http://europa-magazin.ch/zone/.3bb51286/cmd.14/cert.201.A0J0awU8Zxh.2
Qvortrup, Mads Supply-side politics.
<http://www.cps.org.uk/newsarchive/news/?pressreleaseid=27>Centre for
Policy Studies 2007.
http://www.cps.org.uk/newsarchive/news/?pressreleaseid=27
House of Commons Library: Citizens’ Initiatives Standard Note:
SN/PC/04483
<http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/notes/snpc-04483.pdf>
Last updated: 1 May 2008 Author: Lucinda Maer, Parliament and
Constitution Centre.
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With compliments from
I&R ~ GB Citizens' Initiative and Referendum
Campaign for direct democracy in Britain
http://www.iniref.org/ |
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