Students from the School of Social and Political Sciences contribute to a parliamentary inquiry on a new Magna Carta.
First year politics students have given evidence to a parliamentary select committee inquiry on whether Britain should adopt a written constitution.
Students on the politics module, Who Runs Britain?, drafted written evidence to a consultation by the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee. The consultation was launched following the publication in July of the committee’s report, A New Magna Carta? The submission was debated and drafted in a series of workshops in the first term and submitted in December. The select committee published its response to the consultation just before Easter. Lincoln was one of only seven universities whose students made joint submissions to the consultation.
Dr Andrew Defty, module coordinator for Who Runs Britain? observed that ‘this was a remarkable opportunity for students in their first term at university to contribute to a national debate on an issue of national importance. They worked incredibly hard and produced a thoughtful and measured submission.’
Further details of the process of drafting the submission can be found on the Who Runs Britain? blog: https://whorunsbritain.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/
The report can be found on the select committee’s inquiry page: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/political-and-constitutional-reform-committee/news/report-consultation-on-a-new-magna-carta/