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Photo of Jo Swinson Jo Swinson Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire 10:30, 8 May 2008

I thank the Minister for that answer. There are many ways in which new technology can help Parliament better to connect with the public, as highlighted by my own campaign to allow parliamentary video clips to be shown on YouTube and other websites and also by the "Free our Bills" campaign to make legislation more easily accessible, searchable and understandable online. Will the Leader of the House and the Deputy Leader of the House further consider asking the Modernisation Committee to undertake an inquiry specifically on that issue, taking into account the two subjects that I have mentioned?

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Owen Blacker
Posted on 7 Aug 2008 9:32 pm (Report this annotation)

In case you'd missed the Platypus we've added around this site, the "Free Our Bills" campaign is at http://www.theyworkforyou.com/freeourbills

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