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The series of Speaker's Lectures were initiated by John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, from 2011. To mark the centenary of the Parliament Act 1911, Bercow commissioned a series of 11 lectures throughout 2011 covering some of the main political figures of the century. Each lecture was given to an invited audience in Speaker's House and was recorded for broadcast on BBC Parliament. In 2012 Bercow instituted a new 11 lecture series on the subject of the 'Great Offices of State' (those of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary). In 2013 the lectures were on the subject of 'Parliaments and Parliamentarians', given by leading Parliamentarians who have experience of other legislatures. The 2014 series concentrated on individual policy areas.

1911 Centenary lectures

The subjects were:[1]

Great Offices of State lectures

In introducing the first lecture, Bercow noted that his assistant had spotted that there were 11 sitting Members who had served in one or more of these offices but had not been Prime Minister, and that all had accepted his invitation to give a lecture. The lecturers were:[2]

Parliaments and Parliamentarians lectures

The lecturers were:[3]

Parliamentarians on Public Policy lectures

The lectures and subjects are:[4]

Historical Parliamentarians lectures

The 2015 series covered famous Parliamentarians from history.

References

  1. ^ "Speaker's lectures: Centenary of the Parliament Act". BBC Parliament. 9 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Speaker's lectures: Great Offices of State". BBC Democracy Live. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Speaker's lectures 2013: Parliaments and Parliamentarians". BBC Democracy Live. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Speaker's Lecture series". Parliament website. Retrieved 24 January 2014.