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We are delighted to share the final programme for the 2026 Annual Weekend, which is taking place between the 9th and 10th January. Booking detailed will shortly be shared with SPG members via email (keep an eye on your inboxes). Study of Parliament Group Annual Weekend: Programme

Thursday 10th July 2025 13.30-18.00 Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay Join us to discuss the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform and how the benefits of increasing the membership of the Senedd can be realised; to stimulate academic interest in the work of the Senedd ahead of the 2026 election; to provide an opportunity forContinue reading “Event: Realising Senedd Reform”

We are holding our Annual Weekend at the Cohen Quad, Exeter College, Oxford on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th January. This year we have panels reflecting on 25 years of law making in the devolved legislatures as well as reimagining the UK Parliament in terms of procedures, spaces and public engagement. We will also commemorateContinue reading “Study of Parliament Group Annual Weekend 2025”

Thur 5 Dec 1000–1700, Fri 6 Dec 0900–1600 [As at 3 December 2024] The conference will include a range of speakers on topics such as Parliamentary standards, Parliament and the executive, and reform and looking ahead. There will also be a live podcast recording of Hansard Society’s podcast Parliament Matters hosted by Ruth Fox andContinue reading “Study of Parliament Group’s 60th Anniversary Conference”

This year’s Michael Ryle Memorial Lecture was delivered on the 23rd July by Liam Laurence Smyth, who reflected upon his 47 year career as a House of Commons Clerk, a career which has spanned twelve Clerks of the House and six Speakers. You can watched a recording of the lecture in the Michael Ryle MemorialContinue reading “Michael Ryle Memorial Lecture 2024”

This year’s Wheeler-Booth Memorial Lecture at the SPG’s Annual Weekend was delivered by Dame Angela Eagle MP, on the 7th January 2022. Dame Angela’s speech can be read below: All too often lectures about Parliament are self-satisfied and complacent explanations of why the UK Parliamentary system is the envy of the world and superior toContinue reading “Wheeler-Booth Memorial Lecture 2022”

On Thursday 16th September, the Study of Parliament Group held a debate on select committee powers following the House of Commons Privilege Committee’s recent report: Select Committees and Contempts. We were joined for this debate by: Chris Bryant MP – Chair of the Committee of Privileges and the Committee on Standards Alexander Horne – Counsel,Continue reading “Select Committee Powers – A Debate”

A date for your diaries! The SPG Annual Weekend will return on the 7-8th January 2022. We are hoping to welcome members back to Oxford (restrictions permitting) and we will release more details on our plans, including registration and the programme closer to the event.  

On Tuesday 16th March the Study of Parliament and Statute Law Society hosted the Rt Hon David Gauke, to discuss his reflections on being Lord Chancellor. The event was recorded (audio only) and you can find a copy of the recording below.