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The Annual Harry Street Lecture - Academic Year 2020/2021

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Dates:21 April 2021
Times:16:00 - 17:30
What is it:Lecture
Organiser:School of Social Sciences
Who is it for:University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public
Speaker:Alison Young
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‘UK Constitutional Reform – Westminster or Whitehall?

We’re often told that there is no real understanding of the separation of

powers in the UK constitution. Its efficient secret is the fusion 

of the executive and the legislature, combined with the independence of the judiciary. Yet, this misunderstands the extent to which the UK constitution rests on a delicate balance of powers between Parliament, the Government and the courts. As the UK constitution evolves, the balance between Parliament and the Government – between Westminster and Whitehall – fluctuates.

The Conservative Party’s 2019 general election manifesto promised to establish a Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Rights, as well

as repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Both the Independent
Review of Administrative Law and the Independent Human Rights Act Review 

have asked whether the UK constitution currently gives too much power to the courts. This lecture will argue that, in doing so, these reviews fail to tackle a deeper problem. The lecture will ask whether the real problem is a tipping of the balance of power away from Westminster towards Whitehall and asks whether this is a move in the right direction'.

Alison Young is the Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Robinson College. She researches in all aspects of public law and constitutional theory, focusing recently in particular on the implications of Brexit on the UK constitution. She has published two monographs, Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Human Rights Act and Democratic Dialogue and the Constitution and has just finished updating the most recent edition of Turpin and Tomkins: British Government and the Constitution. She also co-edits the UKCLA blog, is a trustee of the Constitution Society and the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Public Law.’

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Alison Young

Role: -Professor of Public Law

Organisation: University of Cambridge

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