The Magna Carta and Parliament
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The Magna Carta and Parliament is part of the 2016 Contextual Lecture Series: Taking Liberties.
Magna Carta laid down the first constitution for Parliament. The lecture will discuss whether Parliament's control of the Government has evolved in a way worthy of the principles of Magna Carta.
Frederick Edward Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, KG, GCB, CVO, PC is a retired British civil servant, now sitting in the House of Lords as a life peer. He had a high profile career in the civil service from 1961 to 1998, culminating as Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service from 1988 to 1998.
