Hansard Society

The Hansard Society was formed in 1944 to promote the ideals of parliamentary government when it was seen to be threatened by fascist and communist dictatorship. Its first subscribers were Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee. From that time, the Prime Minister of the day and leaders of the main opposition parties have publicly supported the work of the Society and the Speaker of the House of Commons is our President.

The Hansard Society is an independent, non-partisan educational charity, which exists to promote effective parliamentary democracy. On its website, the Society states:

Democracy is only as strong as its citizens and good citizenship requires both knowledge and participation. Our work is underpinned by our vision of a world in which informed people actively participate in effective parliamentary democracy through ^[1].

Current Corporate Supporters

• Accenture
• ASDA
• Anglo American
• Barclays
• BG Group
• BP
• BT
• Corporation of London
• Dod’s Parliamentary Communications
• Eli Lilly
• Ellwood and Atfield
• EON UK
• Faculty of Advocates
• First Division Association
• GlaxoSmithKline
• GKN
• HBOS
• IBM UK
• KPMG
• The Law Society of Scotland
• Marks & Spencer
• MBDA
• McGrigors Public Policy
• MORI
• MORI Scotland
• News International
• National Assembly for Wales
• Ofcom
• Pfizer
• PWC
• Quintus
• Rio Tinto
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Parliament
• Shell UK
• Standard Life
• Unilever
• Weber Shandwick
• Zurich Financial Services

Notes

1. ^ Hansard Society (2007) What We Do. Last accessed 20/04/07