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  • Financial resolutions

    Guidance on financial resolutions and their role in the legislative process.

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  • Crown application

    Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on Crown application.

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  • When laws become too complex

    Review by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel into the causes of complex legislation.

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  • Innovation and continuity in law-making

    Richard Heaton gave the 2014 Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture on legislation and good law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Diversity and Inclusion at OPC

    Jenny Munday provides an update on how OPC are continuing to develop their approach to D&I

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  • Learning from drafters at home and far away

    At OPC, we often collaborate with other legal drafters from all over the globe. Here we discuss working with colleagues from the U.K and commonwealth countries.

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  • Join the good law conversation

    The government has launched the ‘good law’ initiative to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parliament Week: Cabinet Office opens its doors

    For the first time, Cabinet Office is opening to the public as part of Parliament Week – a programme of events that aims to bring the democratic process closer to people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Programming bills

    Guidance for members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) who are programming bills for Parliament.

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  • Improving explanatory notes for bills and acts: survey results

    The results of a survey on how government could improve explanatory notes for bills and acts.

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  • Parliament week 2014: Cabinet Office events

    Cabinet Office is participating in Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connect people with parliamentary democracy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First Parliamentary Counsel appointed: Elizabeth Gardiner

    Elizabeth Gardiner has been appointed as the First Parliamentary Counsel and new Permanent Secretary for the Government in Parliament Group.

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  • A day in the life of a Parliamentary Counsel

    A film about working as a Parliamentary Counsel.

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  • Elizabeth Gardiner to be appointed Honorary Queen’s Counsel

    Elizabeth Gardiner CB will be appointed Queen's Counsel in the 2020 apppointments.

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