James Lawrenson

Hansard on election night

Posted by: James Lawrenson and Helen Lowe, Posted on: 12 December 2019 - Categories: Collaboration culture, General election, Workplace Culture

There can be few people in the UK who get quite as excited about election night as Hansard reporters, but some staff will be paying closer attention to the results than most, as they work through the night in preparation for an influx of new MPs.

From Chicago to Letchworth via Westminster

Posted by: James Lawrenson, Posted on: 5 July 2019 - Categories: History of parliamentary reporting

Sir Ebenezer Howard, father of the garden city movement, was inspired by the many debates he attended as a parliamentary reporter in the 19th century.