Lord Norton of Louth speaks in the Debating Chamber as the second opposition for the motion on Thursday 25th April 2024.
Darren Hughes is chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society. ERS was formed in 1884 and campaigns for democratic reforms including proportional representation for the House of Commons and an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords. Darren has served as a Member of Parliament and Government Minister in New Zealand.
Baroness Jenny Jones has held several prominent political roles: Deputy Mayor of London, Deputy Chair of the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee, Green Councillor for Southwark Council and Chair of the Green Party of England and Wales. She served on the London Assembly from 2000-16 where she worked on housing, policing and civil liberties, cycling and walking, road safety and the legacy of the 2012 Olympics/ Paralympics.
Kezia Dugdale is a Professor of Practice at the University of Glasgow and Associate Director of the Centre for Public Policy. Before joining the University of Glasgow, Kezia was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians region for eight years, during which she led the Scottish Labour Party through four national elections and the EU referendum.
Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth) is Professor of Government, and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, at the University of Hull. He was appointed to the Chair of Government in 1986 making him, at 35, the youngest professor of politics in the UK. He was elevated to the peerage, as Lord Norton of Louth, in 1998 and was the first Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution.
Christopher Lorde is a student speaker that won the right to speak through a process of Audition.
Baroness Hayman is a Crossbench peer, who served as the first ever Lord Speaker from 2006 to 2011. Having entered the House of Lords in 1996, she has also held Ministerial posts in the Transport, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Health Departments. She is the current Chair of Peers for Planet and served as President of the Cambridge Union in Easter 1969.
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