Annual General Meeting - with Sir Peter Riddell

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Annual General Meeting - with Sir Peter Riddell

12 Jun 2024

Our Annual General Meeting updated Members on the work of the Society and provided a look ahead to our future plans. Our special guest speaker was Hansard Society member Sir Peter Riddell, former political editor and chief political commentator at The Times and author of numerous books about Parliament and politics.

Sir Peter joined us to discuss the general election campaign and the challenges facing the new Parliament.

6:00-7:30pm, 12 June 2024

This is a Members-only hybrid event: in person at our base in Westminster, and on Zoom.

About the Annual General Meeting

The agenda and associated papers for the meeting will be sent direct to Members in advance of the meeting. Our Annual Report and Accounts are available online.

6:00-6:30pm Annual General Meeting

Approval of the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting
Report of the Directors and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022
Re-appointment of Independent Examiners
Re-appointment of Trustees
Reflections on the last year and future plans: update by the Rt Hon the Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Chair) and Dr Ruth Fox (Director) followed by Q & A.
Any other business

6:30-7:30pm Sir Peter Riddell on the general election and looking ahead to the new Parliament

With the general election taking place on 4 July 2024, Sir Peter will be looking at the election campaign and the challenges which are set to face new and returning Members of Parliament. With the possibility of a sudden great change in the composition of the House of Commons, we will consider what can be learnt from the past and what opportunities now exist for progress.

About our guest speaker

The Rt Hon Sir Peter Riddell CBE is the former Political Editor and Chief Political Commentator at The Times and the author of twelve books on politics, Parliament and political careers. He served as Chair of the Hansard Society from 2007-2012 and then as Director of the Institute for Government until 2016. He was subsequently appointed as the Commissioner for Public Appointments until he stepped down in Autumn 2021. He has always had close links with the academic world and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a recipient of the British Academy President’s Medal.

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