Publications from the Briefings / Reports category

•  YouGov Poll on House of Lords Reform
  23/04/2012
  All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2,349 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 18th - 20th April 2012. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+).
•  Unlock Democracy’s response to the Introducing a Statutory Register of Lobbyists consultation paper
  21/03/2012
  Response to Cabinet Office consultation paper.
•  Evidence to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee on a Statutory Register of Lobbyists
  16/03/2012
  Unlock Democracy welcomed the government’s commitment to introduce a statutory register of lobbying interests. However, we are disappointed that proposals that took so long to produce are so limited in scope. The Public Administration Select Committee published its report recommending a register in 2008 and it was part of the Coalition Agreement and yet two years into the new Parliament we are only just at the green paper stage. We are particularly concerned that the lack of senior ministerial leadership on this issue had allowed the policy area to drift.
•  Donations to Political Parties Analysis: 4th Quarter, 2011
  29/02/2012
  
•  Unlock Democracy’s Response to the White Paper and Draft Bill on the Recall of MPs
  24/02/2012
  Unlock Democracy believes that recall should empower voters, not parliamentary committees. Therefore, we propose that the public should be able to have the opportunity, once in a Parliament, to trigger the recall of a Member of Parliament. We want people to have the power to recall their MP and force a by-election if a majority have lost confidence or trust in them for any reason.
•  Letter to Greg Clark on the Sustainable Communities Act
  26/01/2012
  Letter from the Local Works coalition calling for the government to strengthen - not weaken - the Sustainable Communities Act
•  Unlock Democracy’s evidence to the joint committee on the draft House of Lords reform bill
  14/10/2011
  In addition to writing our own response to the draft Bill, Unlock Democracy sought the views of our members and supporters. We ran a brief online survey on the key elements of the draft Bill as well as handing out leaflets at street stalls. We agreed to forward any comments people made regardless of whether or not they supported our policy. Over 4,100 people took up our offer, either filing in detailed comments on specific aspects of the proposals or just answering the survey. Many chose to do both. After discussion with the committee clerks we have submitted over 4,100 individual responses as a separate word document but we refer to the survey results throughout our submission and the data set is included as an appendix.
•  Unlock Democracy’s response to the White Paper on Individual Elector Registration
  14/10/2011
  Unlock Democracy supports a move towards individual electoral registration but has grave concerns about the way the government is proposing to introduce it.
•  House of Lords reform consultation
  15/09/2011
  Unlock Democracy campaigns for a fully elected second chamber using a proportional elected system; but we want to know what you think. How many members should the second chamber have? Should Government Ministers be able to sit in the second chamber? When should the elections take place? Should there be places reserved for religious representatives? What should the reformed second chamber be called? We are encouraging people to have their say in the Government’s consultation on how the House of Lords should be reformed.
•  Why we should elect the Lords
  15/09/2011
  The briefing outlines the main arguments for replacing the House of Lords with an elected second chamber.

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