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GOOD LAW How can it contribute to inclusion?

GOOD LAW How can it contribute to inclusion?. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. 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)

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GOOD LAW How can it contribute to inclusion?

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  1. GOOD LAWHow can it contribute to inclusion? Office of the Parliamentary Counsel UNCLASSIFIED

  2. 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 UNCLASSIFIED

  3. But... empowers Legislation is important intricate and complex protects can hinder economic activity resolves helps difficult to comply with provides stability can create burden for people and businesses gives opportunities UNCLASSIFIED

  4. 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 “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) UNCLASSIFIED Artists: Noah Spahn

  5. This is what the statute book looks like. UNCLASSIFIED

  6. effective Vision for good law accessible necessary clear coherent UNCLASSIFIED

  7. Engage , invite ideas internal partners & external partners How do we get there? Language & style Quality of the statute book Publication Content Architecture User experience Accessibility

  8. What next? • 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: GoodLaw@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk Good law blog: www.good-law.tumblr.com On Twitter: #goodlaw UNCLASSIFIED

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