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Geoffrey Filkin: Ready for Aging?

February 3, 2014September 14, 2014 by Editor
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Geoffrey Filkin was Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service and Democratic Change which recently published a report on 'Ready for Ageing?'.  He spoke about this at the University of East Anglia on 14th November 2013.
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Alan Howarth: Drugs – Prohibition or Harm Reduction?

January 23, 2014September 14, 2014 by Editor
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Alan Howarth spoke at the University of East Anglia on 'Drugs - Prohibition or Harm Reduction?' during the Autumn Semester of 2013-4. Alan Howarth was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005, first for Stratford-on-Avon and then for Newport East. In 1995 he left the Conservative party to join…
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Jack McConnell: Is Independence the only Stable Future for Scotland?

January 3, 2014September 14, 2014 by Editor
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Jack McConnell spoke on whether independence was the only stable future for Scotland at the University of East Anglia during the Autumn Semester of 2013-4. Jack McConnell, Labour Peer, was First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007. Starting his career as a Mathematics teacher, he became a member of…
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Vince Cable: The Centre Left Battleground

December 30, 2013September 14, 2014 by Editor
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Vince Cable delivered a public lecture at the University of East Anglia on 'the Centre-Left Battleground', Monday 25 November 2013. Vince Cable was born in 1943. He was educated at Nunthorpe Grammar School in York and read Natural Science and Economics at Cambridge University, where he was President of the Union,…
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Is Parliament fit for purporse? Baroness Jenny Jones, Richard Bacon MP and Rupert Read discuss

December 16, 2013August 11, 2014 by Editor
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The University of East Anglia hosted a public discussion on whether 'Parliament was fit for purpose' on Friday 15 November 2013. The event was chaired by Eloise Ellis (University of East Anglia Law School) and panellists included Richard Bacon MP,  Baroness Jenny Jones of Moulsecoomb and Rupert Read (University of East Anglia…
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Parliament Week Events at UEA, 2013: What does Parliament mean to you?

November 26, 2013August 11, 2014 by Editor
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Each year, the University of East Anglia host a week of special events to mark UK Parliament Week. On Thursday 21st November, a round-table event was held in Thomas Paine Study Centre, open to the public.  We invited a journalist, a former backbench, a former minister, a Clerk and an…
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David Blunkett: Welfare Reform

February 7, 2013August 11, 2014 by Editor
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David Blunkett spoke about Welfare Reform as part of the Too Difficult Box lecture series on Thursday 7 February 2013 David’s political career dates back to his election as a councillor in Sheffield at the age of 22, his leadership of the Council in the 1980s, and his election to…
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Reforming the House of Lords – Ending the deadlock

January 25, 2013February 3, 2015 by Editor
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Baroness Helen Hayman, the former Lord Speaker, delivered an Open Lecture at the University of East Anglia on Friday 25th January 2013.  She considers the issue of House of Lords reform.  He argues that the House is not recognisable from the Lords 100 years ago and provides an important role…
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Baroness Elizabeth Symons Lecture on House of Lords reform

November 22, 2012February 3, 2015 by Editor
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Baroness Elizabeth Symons spoke on the problem of House of Lords reform at the University of East Anglia on 22 November 2012.  The lecture was part of the Too Difficult Box lecture series. Photo Credit: UK Parliament
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Lord David Lipsey: Long-term Social Care

November 17, 2011August 11, 2014 by Editor
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Lord David Lipsey gave the first lecture of the Second Series of the Too Difficult Box series on 17 November 2011 on social care He urged politicians to agree on a long-term plan to cope with the growing financial problem of our aging population. Lord Lipsey was appointed to the…
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