Constitution Unit Public Seminars and Lectures 2009

Listed below is the Constitution Unit 2009 series of public seminars and lectures. All events take place at the Unit (unless stated otherwise) and refreshments are always provided.

Events are free and tickets will not be issued, however, you do need to register by completing the booking form via the links below. You can also find out more about each seminar and links to further reading under the 'read more' links.

• The Role of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
  Sir Christopher Kelly (Chair, Committee on Standards in Public Life)
  Tuesday 24 February, 6pm
  Read more
  
  
• Regulating Surveillance
  Prof Charles Raab (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Benjamin Goold (Somerville College, University of Oxford), both Specialist Advisers to Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into 'Surveillance: Citizens and the State'
  Wednesday 29 April, 1pm
  Read more
  
  
• ***CANCELLED***
  Devolution a Decade on
  Sir Alan Beith (Chair, Justice Select Committee)
  Wednesday 13 May, 1pm
  Read more | Book now
  In association with the Constitutional Law Group
  
  
• Book launch: Church and State in 21st Britain: the Future of Church Establishment
  Speaker: Bob Morris (Constitution Unit and editor and main author of Church and State in 21st Century Britain). Respondent: William Fittall (Secretary General, General Synod of the Church of England)
  Monday 15 June, 1pm
  Discount flyers for the book available at the seminar
  Read more
  
  
• Building public confidence in our democracy: Putting voters first
  Jenny Watson (Chair, Electoral Commission)
  Tuesday 30 June, 6pm [not 6.15pm as previously stated]
  Read more
  
  
• Outgoing Information Commissioner's Valedictory Dispatch
  Richard Thomas (former Information Commissioner)
  Tuesday 7 July, 6pm
  Read more
  
  
• The Work of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
  Lord Jay of Ewelme (Chair, House of Lords Appointments Commission)
  Thursday 22 October, 1pm
  Read more

• The Constitutional Debate about Scotland’s Future
  Michael Russell MSP (Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution)
  Monday 9 November, 6pm
  Read more

• Reforming Parliament
  Dr Tony Wright (Chair, Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons)
  Wednesday 25 November, 1pm
  Read more | Book now
  

This page last modified 18 November, 2009 by v.spence@ucl.ac.uk

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