Digital democracy and opportunities for a 21st-century Parliament
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Designing for Democracy is the Crick Centre’s major research and public engagement project, exploring the planned restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. In this blog, the latest in our Designing for Democracy series, Victoria Boelman examines how the restoration offers opportunities for a 21st-century Parliament.
With the recommendation this autumn that the restoration of the Palace of Westminster should go ahead, temporarily relocating both Houses elsewhere in Westminster, a tantalising prospect has been opened up. The report by the Restoration and Renewal Parliamentary Committee declared that a core objective, alongside fixing the roof, wiring and plumbing, is to ensure the Palace is fit for “the needs of a 21st-century Parliament for (i) the public, and (ii) Parliamentarians”.
This should be an exciting proposition. What do we, the citizens of the United Kingdom want our new and improved Parliament to be? Obviously we are working within the constraints of a UNESCO ...
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