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Theparliamentarian TheParliamentarian Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth 2018 | Volume 99 | Issue One | Price £14 Towards a Common Future: Looking ahead to CHOGM 2018 PAGES 18-47 PLUS The first Commonwealth Civil Society and The modern Tackling the problem Parliamentarians’ Forum Parliamentarians: Commonwealth’s of modern slavery in held in the UK Leaving no one behind Games Wales PAGE 22 PAGE 31 PAGE 46 PAGE 48 CPA Masterclasses Online video Masterclasses build an informed parliamentary community across the Commonwealth STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) exists to connect, develop, and promote peer-to-peer learning promote and support Parliamentarians and their staff to identify benchmarks of good governance, and implement the enduring values of the Commonwealth. CPA Masterclasses are ‘bite sized’ video briefings and analyses of critical policy areas and parliamentary procedural matters by renowned experts that can be accessed by the CPA’s membership of Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff across the Calendar of Forthcoming Events Commonwealth ‘on demand’ to support their work. Confirmed as of 1 March 2018 2018 March 4 to 8 March CPA Post-Election Seminar for the Parliament of Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya 12 March Commonwealth Day 2018 – 2018 theme ‘Towards a Common Future’, All CPA Branches and at CPA Headquarters Secretariat 19 to 23 March CPA Parliamentary Staff Development Programme with McGill University, Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training, Nairobi, Kenya April 16 to 20 April 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) - ‘Commonwealth Summit’ 2018, London and Windsor, United Kingdom June 15 to 23 June 2018 43rd CPA Regional Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region, Georgetown, Cayman Islands The publication of a Calendar of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) events is a service intended to foster the exchange of events and activities between Regions and Branches and the encouragement of new ideas The CPA Masterclasses are available online to the CPA membership via the CPA website and participation. Further information may be obtained from the Branches concerned or the CPA Secretariat. Branch and log-in details for the members area are available from your CPA Branch Secretary or Secretaries are requested to send notice of the main CPA events and conferences to [email protected] in advance the CPA Headquarters Secretariat. of the publication deadline to ensure the Calendar is accurate. Further information can also be found at www.cpahq.org or by emailing [email protected]. www.cpahq.org/cpahq/cpamasterclasses Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44 (0)20 7799 1460 | www.cpahq.org Twitter @CPA_Secretariat | Facebook.com/CPAHQ CONTENTS: THE PARLIAMENTARIAN CONTENTS 2018: ISSUE ONE PAGE 6 PAGE 62 PAGE 76 PAGE 22 The Parliamentarian: VIEWS & NEWS & FEATURE PARLIAMENTARY Journal of the Parliaments Annual subscription of the Commonwealth COMMENT PHOTOS ARTICLES REPORTS (four issues) Volume 99 UK: £44 inc. postage. 2018: Issue One Editor’s Note CPA Photo Gallery ‘Towards a Common Civil Society and The modern Parliamentary Report Worldwide: £46 surface post Page 4 Page 12-13 The Parliamentarian Future’: Commonwealth Parliamentarians: Commonwealth’s Featuring parliamentary £52 airmail ISSN 0031-2282 Heads of Government Leaving no one behind Games and legislative reports from Looking ahead to the How can sport be a factor in View from the CPA CPA News Meeting 2018 Canada, Québec, British Price per issue Reports from 24th CSPOC, CPA Message from the Commonwealth People’s the Commonwealth’s future Issued and published by the Chairperson Columbia, New Zealand, UK: £14 Roadshows in Cameroon; 6th Commonwealth Secretary- Forum development? International Secretariat of the Parliamentary engagement United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Worldwide: £15 surface post CPA India Regional Conference General Page 31 Page 46 Commonwealth Parliamentary with the Commonwealth Australia and India £16 airmail in Bihar; CPA Post-Election Page 18 Association (CPA), CPA Heads of Government Meeting Pages 63-79 Seminar in St Helena; and Headquarters Secretariat, Page 6 How the Commonwealth Tackling the problem of Disclaimer The Gambia re-joining the Suite 700, Westminster The United Kingdom’s is becoming one of the modern slavery Opinions and comments Commonwealth A case study of how the House, 7 Millbank, London View from the CPA Small role hosting CHOGM 2018 world’s leading global expressed in articles and Page 14-17 & 19 and the Commonwealth business networks authorities in Wales have SW1P 3JA, United Kingdom Branches Chairperson reviews published in The Summit What can we expect from the addressed this global problem CPA Organisational A common future: what’s in it Parliamentarian are those of The UK Minister for the Commonwealth Business Forum Page 48 Structure Tel: +44 (0) 20 7799 1460 for CPA Small Branches? Commonwealth Women the individual contributors and Commonwealth Page 34 CPA Executive Committee Fax: +44 (0) 20 7222 6073 Page 8 Parliamentarians (CWP) should not be attributed to the Page 20 Members, Commonwealth Email: [email protected] News CPA Technical Secretariat of the Association. News from the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians www.cpahq.org View from the CPA The power and potential Assistance Programme Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Steering Committee Twitter @CPA_Secretariat Secretary-General The first Commonwealth of Commonwealth boosts Fijian Contributors (CWP) regional activities Members and CPA Regional Facebook.com/CPAHQ Putting democracy at the heart Parliamentarians’ Forum Scholarships Parliament’s Capacity Thank you to all contributors Page 60-62 The role of university education Secretaries of our common future Commonwealth Parliamentarians and Public Awareness for this issue. in the Commonwealth Page 51 Page 80 Mr Akbar Khan Page 10 meet ahead of the CHOGM 2018 Page 37 Secretary-General Page 22 Printed in: United Kingdom by Climate Change Warners Midlands, PLC; After Paris and the Talanoa Mr Jeffrey Hyland Towards a Common A Journalist’s View of New Delhi, India by Jainco Art Dialogue Editor, The Parliamentarian Future the Commonwealth India; and Singapore by Times What does a journalist think the Page 54 [email protected] A View from a Parliamentarian Printers Private Limited. Page 26 CHOGM 2018 can achieve? Page 40 Main images: CPA Whips in the India Headquarters Secretariat How can the Parliament An examination of the whips editorial team/Shutterstock. Commonwealth be a The Challenge of a Fairer system in India Additional images: beacon for Freedom of Future How can we achieve a fairer Page 57 Commonwealth Secretariat. Religion and Belief The work of CIFoRB Commonwealth for our citizens? Page 28 Page 42 2 | The Parliamentarian | 2018: Issue One The Parliamentarian | 2018: Issue One | 3 EDITOR’S NOTE EDITOR’S NOTE TOWARDS A COMMON FUTURE: AHEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING 2018 The Editor’s Note The Commonwealth is a diverse community of 53 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting nations who work together to promote prosperity, (CHOGM) 2018 and Commonwealth Summit in the democracy and peace. In April, the UK will host the United Kingdom with a wide range of articles from Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Parliamentarians and Commonwealth organisations. (CHOGM) when leaders from member countries We are delighted to feature a message from the come together in London and Windsor to reaffirm Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt Hon. our shared common values and address the global Patricia Scotland, QC ahead of CHOGM 2018. challenges that we all face. Rt Hon. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Jonathan Marland of Odstock (Commonwealth Enterprise and Above: The previous Commonwealth Heads of Government The Commonwealth theme for 2018 is ‘Towards Minister for the Commonwealth looks ahead to the Investment Council) examines how the Commonwealth is becoming Meeting (CHOGM) took place in November 2015 in Malta. a Common Future’ and the CHOGM this year will United Kingdom’s hosting of the Commonwealth one of the world’s leading global business networks. The power and It was attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head focus on delivering a more prosperous, secure, Jeffrey Hyland, Editor Heads of Government Meeting 2018 and the potential of Commonwealth scholarships is explored by Dr Joanna of the Commonwealth and Patron of the Commonwealth sustainable and fairer future for all its citizens, The Parliamentarian, Commonwealth Summit. Newman (Association of Commonwealth Universities) which is of Parliamentary Association (CPA) along with heads of particularly its young people. The future of the Commonwealth Ahead of the CHOGM 2018, the first increasing importance especially as one of the key focuses of this government from the Commonwealth and the host was Hon. Commonwealth depends on its one billion young Parliamentary Association Commonwealth Parliamentarians’ Forum took year’s events is youth. Dr Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta. people and the CHOGM’s priorities will have a place over four days in February in London with 90 Mahendra Ved (Commonwealth Journalists Association) gives strong youth focus. delegates from 30 Commonwealth countries. The us a journalist’s view of the Commonwealth and academic Dr Eva of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth in Across the Commonwealth, we all face common challenges: global Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Namusoke (Institute
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