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Edward McCarthy

Edward McCarthy

Edward is head of digital committee services at PDS.

Statutory Instruments: unlocking democracy

Back in March, I was part of the House of Lords contingent at the Rapid Start event. The key theme was ‘Unlocking democracy for all’ and, in a small but significant way, our prototype delivered that aim by making it as easy for anyone to follow statutory instruments (Parliament considers around 1,000 per year) as for bills (around 20 per year).