E-Petitions: Give the Public a Say on Giving the Public a Say!
Barry Winetrobe asks why parliamentary reform generally benefits the government.
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Barry Winetrobe
Barry Winetrobe is a Parliamentary & Constitutional Consultant.
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When is a Summer Recess not a Summer Recess?
Barry Winetrobe arges that it is for Parliament to organise its business and not the government.
Read moreAny Questions? – Any Ideas? – Any Point?
Barry Winetrobe wonders whether Any Questions has had its day, and if not, if the format needs to be changed.
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About Barry Winetrobe
Barry K Winetrobe is a parliamentary and constitutional consultant. For many years he worked in senior posts in the Commons Research Service, and briefly at the Scottish Parliament. He also taught at a number of Universities on Constitutional Law and Politics.
He has written extensively on parliamentary and constitutional matters, and has been an adviser and witness to several parliamentary committees at Westminster and elsewhere.
Barry is also one half (the lesser half!) of JB Seatrobe, author of two ‘light’ political books, Political London and Oh, Prime Minister, and of many articles in Total Politics magazine since its inception.