Citizens' Assemblies: What are they good for?
1 July 2019
This event brought together Joanna Cherry QC MP; Lilian Greenwood MP, chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee; Sarah Allan, head of engagement at Involve; and Graham Smith, Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster. The panellists offered their responses to the following questions:
- How do citizens’ assemblies work in practice?
- What are they good for?
- Are there topics or circumstances for which they are not suitable?