Brexit and the Constitution

Brexit and the Constitution is a full-day event of speeches and panel discussions about how Brexit has and will continue to reshape different aspects of the British constitution.

Keynote: Sir Bernard Jenkin MP

Panel 1: Central government and public bodies

• Jill Rutter, Institute for Government
• Nicky Morgan MP
• Lord Gus O'Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary
• James Blitz, FT (chair)

Panel 2: Devolution and the Union

• Lord Bew, Queen’s University Belfast
• Professor Nicola McEwen, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Laura McAllister, Cardiff University
• Philip Rycroft, former PermSec at DExEU
• Huw Edwards, BBC (chair)

Panel 3: What kind of democracy: representative, direct, deliberative?

• Lisa Nandy MP
• Gisela Stuart, Change Britain
• Professor Meg Russell, UCL Constitution Unit
• Lord Norton, University of Hull
• Lewis Goodall, Sky News (chair)

Panel 4: Parliament and the courts

• Professor Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge
• Stephen Laws, Policy Exchange
• Dominic Grieve MP
• Lord Jonathan Sumption, former Supreme Court justice

Further speakers to be announced.

The event is being run by The UK in a Changing Europe in partnership with The Constitution Unit - UCL and the Hansard Society.

This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee all ticket holders a place. Admission is on a first come, first served basis. Those without tickets will not be admitted.