19th October 2022
This seminar focuses on how we can monitor the diversity of people who engage with parliaments. The public is now central to much of the work that parliaments do, but how can parliaments know that they’re reaching beyond the usual suspects? Why does that matter? This seminar will present key findings from work to monitor the characteristics of people who engage with the Welsh and UK Parliaments. It will identify what challenges we face when we want to monitor diversity, and what parliaments can do to build a better picture of the people they engage.
Speakers: Zoe Backhouse (Engagement Officer, Petitions Committee, UK House of Commons); Helen Finlayson (Committee clerk, Welsh Parliament); Jenny Ruddock (Audience development and insight manager, UK Parliament).