Our preliminary response to the report of the Power Inquiry (Power to
the people: J. Rowntree Trusts) may be loaded down free of charge from
http://www.iniref.org/news.hu.2.06.html

The programme of tomorrow's conference about this report is pasted
below.

Regards
Wallace-Macpherson

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Power Inquiry Conference

Power to the People

6 May 2006
QEII Conference Centre, London SW1P 3EE

   9.30   Registration + Refreshments
 Pickwick Suite; Thames Suite
10.00   Introduction

Helena Kennedy QC
Chair of the Power Commission

Ferdinand Mount
Vice Chair of the Power Commission
    Churchill Auditorium
 10.30   Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP
Leader of the Conservative Party
audience questions
 Churchill Auditorium
11.30 Go to breakout sessions

11:45 Breakout Sessions start, see over for rooms

1.00    Lunch
 Pickwick Suite
2.00 Rt. Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell MP
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
audience questions
 Churchill Auditorium
3.00 Refreshments
 Pickwick Suite
3.30 Question Time Panel:

Prospects for Democratic Change
Nick Boles (DIRECTOR, THE POLICY EXCHANGE)
Helena Kennedy QC (CHAIR, POWER COMMISSION)
Saira Khan (BUSINESSWOMAN, TV PRESENTER, AUTHOR)
Ed Miliband MP (FORMER ADVISER TO GORDON BROWN)
Peter Tatchell (HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER)
 Churchill Auditorium

4.30 Closing words from Helena Kennedy QC
 Churchill Auditorium

5.00 Ends

Timings and room allocations subject to change.

 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Please ensure you register for these sessions to guarantee your place.
You can register for your workshops in the Pickwick Suite on the first
floor.
1 Politics, Citizenship Education & Young People
Carnegie Young People Initiative
Joseph Ammoun (UK Youth Parliament)
Tony Breslin (Citizenship Foundation)
Emma B (Power Commissioner)
Beccy Earnshaw (The Electoral Commission)
Raji Hunjan (Carnegie Young People Initiative)
 Henry Moore Room

2 Direct Democracy: Ideas for Citizen Power
Charter 88
Ron Bailey (Charter 88)
Douglas Carswell MP (Conservative Party)
Pam Giddy (Power Inquiry)
Chris Huhne MP (Liberal Democrats)
Bruno Kaufmann (Institute for Referenda & Initiatives)
 Elizabeth Windsor Room

3 Reviving Political Parties for Democracy
Demos
Tom Bentley (Demos)
John Craig (Demos)
Ed Miliband MP (Labour Party)
 Westminster Room

4 Parliament: Fit for (What) Purpose?
The Hansard Society
Philip Cowley (Nottingham University)
Adam Lent (Power Inquiry)
Declan McHugh (Hansard Society),
Greg Power (Global Partners; Former Advisor to Robin Cook)
 Rutherford Room

5 Citizens and the State: A Marriage of Inconvenience?
Involve
Oona Muirhead (Local Government Association)
Bano Murtuja (Power Commissioner)
Graham Smith (Southampton University)
Richard Wilson (Involve)
 Abbey Room

6 The Future of Local and Neighbourhood Government
Local Government Information Unit
Ines Newman (LGIU)
Matthew Warburton (Local Government Association)
 Wordsworth Room

7 Clean Politics: Fair Votes
New Politics Network
Peter Facey (New Politics Network),
Simon Hughes MP (Liberal Democrats)
Ferdinand Mount (Vice Chair, Power Commission)
Andrew Tyrie MP (Conservative)
 St James Suite
8 Global Power ? Is Parliament Relevant?
One World Trust
Simon Burrall (One World Trust),
Lord Hannay of Chiswick (Former Ambassador to the UN)
Dan Plesch (Centre for International Studies & Diplomacy SOAS) Shelley
Room