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PUTNEY'S
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TONY COLMAN
 Last
Thursday marked another small
step in dragging politics in
the UK in to the technological
age.As more and more MPs have
websites and are contactable
via e-mail, it is time our Parliament
and the law making process joined
in and opened themselves up
to proper public scrutiny.
For
the first time in Parliamentary
history a Pre-legislative Committee
will take evidence which will
also be web cast - this means
anyone with access to the internet
can view proceedings live and
e-mail back their views on how
our laws might be amended. All
e-mails will be received by
an independent mediator who
will feed the contributions
through to members of the committee.
All
you need to do is go to www.parliamentlive.tv
, watch the evidence being given
and send a helpful e-mail to
the address which will be displayed
along the bottom of the screen.
The
first pre-legislative scrutiny
available on this site was the
Communications Bill with evidence
being given by the Independent
Television Commission.
The
Joint Committee has arranged
the following public hearings:
- Monday
27 May 6.15 pm
- Monday
10 June 6.15 pm
- Thursday
13 June 10.15 am
- Monday
17 June 6.15 pm
- Thursday
20 June 10.15 am
- Monday
24 June 6.15 pm
- Thursday
27 June 10.15 am
- Thursday
4 July 10.15 am
- Monday
8 July 6.15 pm
Hopefully,
more and more proposed legislation
will have to pass this public
scrutiny, and that input won't
just be limited to lobbyists.
I really hope this is a project
that takes off, and hope you
can take part. Please let me
know how you find the site and
the format, and don't forget
to e-mail in your views to the
Committee!
To
check if I am your MP, please
log on to www.locata.co.uk/commons
and enter your full postcode.
I
have set up a website www.tonycolman.org.uk
which I hope you will use and
enjoy.
Tony
Colman MP
colmant@parliament.uk
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