Why you should attend

• Learn about the major impact on civil service workloads, resources and procedures of any changes to the parliamentary timetabling of legislation
• Find out and discuss the very significant implications for civil service departments of changes to select committees
• Consider the possible benefits for both politics and public administration in the UK of strengthening the roles of backbench MPs and reducing the influence of the Whips, as well as the impact that these changes will have on local government and the civil service
• Discuss the implications for local government, the civil service and parliament of giving the public the statutory ability to influence the parliamentary agenda, including petitions, participation in debates, recall of MPs, and deciding when to hold elections.