One of the major disputes in Parliament this week was about the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2021, a set of regulations which the opposition claim would remove protections found in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 from vulnerable immigrants. The consultation on the regulations was heavily criticised by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny […]
This week the Institute submitted our response to the Government’s judicial review reform consultation. The consultation, which follows the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL), asks nineteen questions about the Government’s proposed reforms, covering a wide range of reforms and is being undertaken as part of a programme of engagement with stakeholders which included two
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Join the virtual Roundtable event from The Consultation Institute and BDB Pitmans: Date: Thursday 13th May Time: 11am As the nation emerges from the pandemic, few issues are more likely to jump up the municipal agenda than air quality. In December, a Coroner’s verdict in London confirmed that air pollution had contributed to the death of a
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Another slightly smaller than usual Week in Parliament this week, with Scotland and Wales being out until after their elections. Little of immediate interest from Northern Ireland too this week, so we rely on Westminster to provide. There have been many great conflicts over the years. The ancient Greeks fought the Trojans in a clash
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The Institute asked Mind how they view the engagement of people with mental health in national and local policy. Aidan Mersh from Mind writes: At Mind, we believe in constructive engagement with the government, such as with the Stephenson Farmer review into workplace mental health and support of the 2018 independent review of the Mental Health act. However,
Today the Consultation Institute renewed its call for the elite football clubs to consult their fans before making changes to the ‘beautiful game’. Three years ago, the Institute highlighted cases where supporters and local communities’ views were not being heard. The ESL proposal illustrates how little clubs have done to engage with these key stakeholders,
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R (Dawson) v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 928 (admin) Last Spring, during and following the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of urgent changes were made to the way the NHS operated. Many services were affected from routine GP surgeries and outpatient appointments to long-planned treatments or surgery. Guidance from NHS
Parliament is back after the Easter break, as am I, and we’re both eagerly awaiting the upcoming session. With a Queen’s Speech due in May, time is ticking on the clock of this Parliamentary session, so let’s see what we can get done in the next month… Westminster Accusations were flying in the Lords this
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The word of the week in Westminster must surely be ‘lobbying’. The revelations have been coming thick and fast, and the Government has to date announced (we think) seven separate inquiries related to lobbying and alleged breaches of the spirit, if not the letter of the law. In PMQs this week, the Prime Minister said
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It’s hard to knock a bank when it decides to consult, particularly as there has been such as void when it comes to branch closures. So when, in the period between October 2020 and January 2021, the ECB decided to consult on the introduction of a “digital Euro”, we did a mini dance. The bank
Quality over Quantity: A “record high” for ECB’s digital euro consultation? Read More »
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