Parliamentary response to crisis: How the HoC Library adapted to Covid-19
Edward Wood is the Director of Research at the House of Commons Library in the UK Parliament. He covers how the institution responded and adapted to the Covid-19 and what challenges it faced when making resources...
The challenge of political transition in Sudan
Rt Hon Alistair Burt was formerly Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, covering Egypt and Libya in the years following the overthrow of Mubarak and Qadaffi. Greg Power is the Founder and Board...
Devolved Parliaments: Scotland
As part of our Parliamentary Responses to Crisis series, this is the third and last part of our articles about perspectives from each of the UK’s devolved Parliaments, in Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. The...
Devolved Parliaments: Wales
As part of our Parliamentary Responses to Crisis series, this is the second part of our articles about perspectives from each of the UK’s devolved Parliaments, in Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Sir Paul Silk is...
Devolved Parliaments: Northern Ireland
As part of our Parliamentary Responses to Crisis series, over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you perspectives from each of the UK’s devolved Parliaments, in Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Dr Gareth...
Laws Fit for Purpose? Post-Legislative Scrutiny after the Covid-19 Crisis
Alex Brazier is an Associate at Global Partners Governance. He was formerly Director of the Parliament and Government Programme, Hansard Society and previously a Committee Specialist to a House of Commons Select...
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Virtual Virtues – are remote parliaments here to stay?
Sue Griffiths is GPG’s former Executive Director and current Managing Director at Social Development Direct. She reflects on virtual work which parliaments have been forced to implement and the extent to which they could...
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Parliaments upgrade on technology, identify the limits
This blog is released as part of our Parliamentary Response To Crisis series in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Parliaments in a Time of Pandemic series in which they look at how...
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Upholding human rights during coronavirus: a practical toolkit for parliaments
Hannah Johnson is a GPG Associate and Senior Researcher at the National Assembly for Wales. Below, she explains us how the IPU put together a practical toolkit for parliaments gathering several parliaments’ responses...
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: The Coronavirus crisis will end – preparation now is vital
Written for GPG and the Arab British Chamber of Commerce by former FCO Minister and MP, Alistair Burt. Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG...