Agenda

9th June 2010

9:00

Registration and Refreshments

 

9:30

Chairman's Welcome and Introduction

George Oliver MBE, Parliamentary Training Consultant (confirmed)

9:45

How will the Coalition Work?
The First Hundred Days Strategy

Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University (confirmed)

Sheila Gunn, Former Press Adviser to Rt Hon John Major MP as Prime Minister (confirmed)

11:00

Morning Coffee

 

11:15

The Legislative Programme: Priorities and Challenges

  • Education
  • Health
  • Environment
  • Welfare Reform

Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE, Government Whip, House of Lords (confirmed)

David Heath CBE MP, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (invited)

Lord Tyler CBE DL (confirmed)

12:15

Balancing the Books: Reducing Debt and Growing the Economy

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (invited)

Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords; Member, Governing Board, Centre for Global Energy Studies (confirmed)

Angela Knight CBE, Chief Executive, British Bankers Association (confirmed)

13:15

Lunch

Lunch Time Workshop
How does Legislation actually Work?

  • Impacts of recent and proposed changes on the legislative process
  • Composition of the House of Commons and the impact on the legislative process
  • How to influence the legislative process
  • What stages of a Bill to lobby on
  • Lords amendments with small majorities

George Oliver MBE, Parliamentary Training Consultant (confirmed)

 

14:00

Britain and the World: Implications for Domestic Policy Development

  • Thought Leadership and International Institutions
  • The impact of the outside world on domestic policy
  • Using domestic circumstances to influence external relations and behaviour
  • Foreign and European Affairs and Defence
  • International Development

Dr John Kent, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics (confirmed)

Dr Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House (confirmed)

Dr Martyn Bond, Visiting Professor of European Politics and Policy at Royal Holloway (confirmed)

13:15

Afternoon Tea

 

15:30

The Relationship between the State and the Individual

  • Security
  • Home Affairs and Criminal Justice
  • Local Government
  • Business

Andy Hayman, Former Assistant Commissioner for Counter terrorism Policy and Operations (confirmed)

David Reardon, former Policy Adviser on Probation at Number 10 (confirmed)

Rt Hon John Redwood MP, Chairman, Economic Competitiveness Policy Group (confirmed)

16:45

Conference Close

 

17:00

Drinks Reception

 

18:00

Close