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The government had a wide-ranging agenda for constitutional reforms on page 48 of its 2019 election manifesto. This conference, co-organised by the Constitution Unit, the Department of Politics & International Relations at the University of Oxford, and UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE), brought听together politicians, policy-makers and academic experts to discuss the government鈥檚 progress so far, and what lies ahead. This page contains video and audio recordings of the panel and Q&A sessions听from across the two-day conference, and links to suggested reading materials.
Day 1, Thursday 17 June
- Panel 1: Keynote speech by Robert Buckland QC MP
- Panel 2: Judicial review, human rights and judiciary听
- Panel 3:听Review of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Day 2, Friday 18 June
- Panel 1: Elections and referendums - updating campaign regulation for a digital era
- Panel 2:听Devolution and future of the Union
- Panel 3:听Re-balancing between parliament, executive and the courts
Keynote speech: Overview of the government's agenda
Speaker:听Lord Chancellor,听Robert Buckland听QC MP.
Chair: Prof听Meg Russell听FBA, Constitution Unit, 麻豆传媒视频网站.
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Suggested reading:
- by Robert Buckland, published 17 June 2021.听
- by Colm O'Cinneide听on听Verfassungsblog听(referenced听in the transcript of the speech), published 16 April 2021.
- by听John Tasioulas听on听Aeon Essays听(referenced听in the transcript of the speech), published 29 January 2021.听
- , response to Buckland's speech by Joshua Rozenberg on A Lawyer Writes,听published 19 June 2021.听
- , response to Buckland's speech by Jonathan Jones on the Institute for Government blog, published 19 June 2021.听
- , response to Buckland's speech by Jonathan Jones in the Independent,听published 19 June 2021.听
Judicial review, human rights and judiciary
Speakers: Lord Faulks听QC, Chair of the Independent Review of Administrative Law;听 Prof Kate O'Regan,听Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford; Joshua Rozenberg听QC (Hon), legal commentator and journalist.
Chair: Prof Catherine Barnard, Oxford and UKICE.
Suggested reading:
- ,听by Joe Tomlinson and Lewis Graham for the Constitution听Unit blog, published 29 January 2021.听听
- 听by Paul Craig for the UKCLA blog, published 22 March 2021.听
Review of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
Speakers:听Lord McLoughlin, Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Review of the FTPA; Chris Bryant MP, member of the Joint Committee on Review of FTPA; Prof Petra Schleiter, Oxford; and Prof Alison Young, Cambridge.
Chair: Prof Meg Russell FBA, Constitution Unit, 麻豆传媒视频网站.
- ,听by听Robert Hazell听on the Constitution Unit blog, published 5 February 2021.听
- ,听by Robert Hazell and Meg Russell on the Constitution Unit blog, published 12 April 2021.听
- by听Robert Hazell and Meg Russell to the Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act.
- ,听by Alison Young on the听UKCLA blog, published 4 December 2020.听
- ,听by听Mark Elliott in the听Public Law for Everyone blog, published 2 December 2020.
Elections and Referendums - updating campaign regulation for a digital era
Speakers:听John Pullinger, Chair of Electoral Commission; Dr听Kate Dommett, Sheffield; and Prof听Rachel Gibson, Manchester.
Chair: Dr Alan Renwick, Constitution Unit, 麻豆传媒视频网站.
Suggested reading:听
- , by Alan Renwick and Charlotte Kincaid on the Constitution Unit blog, published 7 October 2020.
- , by Alan Renwick on the Constitution Unit blog, published 12 February 2020.
- , by Kate Dommett on听the Constitution Unit blog, published 18 June 2021.
- , by Alex Walker on the Constitution Unit blog, published 13 April 2021.听
- 听policy brief by Toby S. James, Stuart Wilks-Heeg and Alistair Clark, mentioned by Kate Dommett in response to a question on voter ID, published 2 May 2021.听
- , written statement made by Chloe Smith (Minister for the Constitution) on 17 June 2021.
Devolution听and the future of the Union
Speakers:听Prof听Adam Tomkins, Glasgow; Prof听Laura McAllister, Cardiff; Prof听Katy Hayward, Queen鈥檚 University Belfast; and Prof听John Denham, Southampton.
Chair: Prof听Robert Hazell, Constitution Unit, 麻豆传媒视频网站.
Suggested reading:听
- , by Michael Keating on听the Constitution Unit blog, published 28 April 2021.听
- , by Akash Paun on听the Constitution Unit blog, published 31 May 2021.听
- The Final Report by the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland, published by the Constitution Unit on 26 May 2021.
- , by Nicola McEwen on听the Centre on Constitutional Change blog, published 11 September 2020.
- , by John Denham and Daniel Devine,听Political Quarterly,听August 2018.
- , by Laura McAllister听for the National Assembly for Wales, published 2017.听
- 鈥�, Daniel Gover and Michael Kenny,听Parliamentary Affairs, 2018.听
Re-balancing between parliament, executive and the courts
Speakers:听Dominic Grieve听QC, former Attorney General;听Peter Riddell, Commissioner for Public Appointments; Prof听Meg Russell听FBA, Constitution Unit, 麻豆传媒视频网站; and Prof听Tim Bale, Queen Mary, University of London.
Chair:听Prof听Petra Schleiter, Oxford
Suggested reading:听
- , by Peter Riddell on听the听Constitution听Unit blog, published 16 May 2021.听听
- ,听by听Stephan Haggard and Robert R Kaufman on the Constitution Unit blog, published 10 June 2021.听
- , by Meg Russell, Ruth听Fox, Ronan听Cormacain听and Joe Tomlinson on听the Constitution Unit blog, published 21 April 2021.听
- , by Meg Russell and Alan Renwick on听the Constitution Unit blog, published 14 February 2021.听
