The Constitution Unit

The Brown Commission: What Next?

Episode Summary

What does the Commission’s report propose? What does it leave out? And could its proposals be practically implemented?

Episode Notes

The Labour Party’s Commission on the UK’s Future, chaired by Gordon Brown, has published recommendations for sweeping constitutional change, including major reforms to the devolution framework and the House of Lords. What does the Commission’s report propose? What does it leave out? Could its proposals be practically implemented? If so, how might this be done? A panel of experts discusses these questions.

Speakers

Professor Aileen McHarg is Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at Durham University.

Akash Paun is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.

Professor Meg Russell is Director of the Constitution Unit.

Chair: Professor Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit.

Further reading:

Report of the Commission on the UK’s Future

The Future of the Territorial Constitution under Labour? The Report of the Commission on the UK’s Future by Aileen McHarg.

Five things we’ve learned about the Brown Commission on the UK’s future by the Institute for Government.