good law how can it contribute to inclusion? office of the parliamentary counsel unclassified
TRANSCRIPT
GOOD LAW
How can it contribute to inclusion?
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
UNCLASSIFIED
Some history
“I wish that the superfluous and tedious statutes were brought into one sum together, and made more plain and short.”
Edward VI (1537-1553)
“The law is regarded by its users as intricate and intimidating..we should regard the current degree of difficulty as neither inevitable nor acceptable.”
Richard Heaton CB, First Parliamentary Counsel, April 2013
2 UNCLASSIFIED
Legislation is important
3 UNCLASSIFIED
protects
resolves
helps
gives opportunities
empowers
provides stability
can hinder economic activity
can create burden for people and businesses
difficult to comply with
intricate and complex
But...
“Schedule 2? I’m not sure what that is. It shouldn’t be this hard to work out. This a real wind up! They do this all the time.” (HR specialist, TNA research)
Artists: Noah Spahn
A changing audience?
Who uses legislation today?
legislation.gov.uk • over 2 million unique visitors per month• 450,000,000 page views to in 2012
UNCLASSIFIED
5 UNCLASSIFIED
Vision for good law
6 UNCLASSIFIED
necessary clearaccessible
coherent
effective
Quality of
the statute
book
User experience
How do we get there?
internal partners & external partners
Engage , invite ideas
• How can we work together to promote good law?
• Should we change our approach to lawmaking?
• How do we help users find the law they need?
Talk to us...Visit: www.gov.uk/good-law
Email: [email protected]
Good law blog: www.good-law.tumblr.com
On Twitter: #goodlaw
8 UNCLASSIFIED
What next?