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1464391

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date	19/05/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons Library
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential disadvantages of taking steps to decolonise the Library of the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Commission has not carried out an assessment of potential disadvantages of taking steps to decolonise the Library of the House of Commons. It notes that the Library has been undertaking work to review and increase the diversity of its collection since August 2020 and that while it has engaged in knowledge exchange with institutions in the academic sector that are seeking to decolonise their curricula and library collections, it has not adopted this as an approach to its own work.</p><p>The Commission has not carried out an assessment of the potential impact of decolonisation of the Library on the representation of Parliament’s history. However, it understands that the Library’s work on the diversity of its collection is guided by the framework set out in its Collection Development Policy which identifies the criteria used for acquisition, retention and deselection of material. The purpose of the work is to ensure the collection contains a wide range of perspectives which are representative of Britain past and present. It has not changed the core focus of the collection on Parliament and devolved legislatures, the history of UK and Ireland, politics and government or its commitment to curate this as an enduring collection of national importance. It also has a clear commitment to impartiality in its work.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker grouped question UIN 5519 question first answered 26/05/2022 16:31:36 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464393

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons Library
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential impact of the decolonisation of the House of Commons Library on the representation of Parliament's history.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Commission has not carried out an assessment of potential disadvantages of taking steps to decolonise the Library of the House of Commons. It notes that the Library has been undertaking work to review and increase the diversity of its collection since August 2020 and that while it has engaged in knowledge exchange with institutions in the academic sector that are seeking to decolonise their curricula and library collections, it has not adopted this as an approach to its own work.</p><p>The Commission has not carried out an assessment of the potential impact of decolonisation of the Library on the representation of Parliament’s history. However, it understands that the Library’s work on the diversity of its collection is guided by the framework set out in its Collection Development Policy which identifies the criteria used for acquisition, retention and deselection of material. The purpose of the work is to ensure the collection contains a wide range of perspectives which are representative of Britain past and present. It has not changed the core focus of the collection on Parliament and devolved legislatures, the history of UK and Ireland, politics and government or its commitment to curate this as an enduring collection of national importance. It also has a clear commitment to impartiality in its work.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker grouped question UIN 5518 question first answered 26/05/2022 16:31:36 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1463982

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons Library
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential merits of taking steps to decolonise the Library of the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	4720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Commission has not made any assessment of the work the House of Commons Library has been undertaking to review and increase the diversity of its collection.</p><p>The Library reports that this work has been underway since August 2020 and involves activities intended to ensure the collection contains a wide range of perspectives which are representative of Britain past and present. These include updating acquisition and deselection policies to include equality, diversity and inclusion considerations; changing practice to widen the range of publishers and institutions from which material is selected; acquiring material to increase coverage of issues relating to racism; modernising the language and concepts used in the Library’s classification scheme; and providing training for Library and committee staff on increasing the diversity of the sources used in research.</p><p>The process has involved exchanging experience with universities engaged in decolonising their curricula and collections. However, this is not an approach which the House of Commons Library has adopted: the Library is actively increasing the diversity of its collection rather than decolonising it.</p><p>The focus of the Library’s collection policy remains to build and maintain a specialist collection on Parliament and devolved legislatures, the history of UK and Ireland, and politics and government to support the work of Members, Library research teams and the House Service. It has developed a clear statement on its commitment to impartiality and the provision of a wide range of perspectives as part of this.</p><p>The Commission has no plans to take steps in response to the Library’s work in this area.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker grouped question UIN 4721 question first answered 26/05/2022 16:26:11 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1463983

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons Library
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to take steps in response to discussions on the potential merits of decolonising the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	4721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Commission has not made any assessment of the work the House of Commons Library has been undertaking to review and increase the diversity of its collection.</p><p>The Library reports that this work has been underway since August 2020 and involves activities intended to ensure the collection contains a wide range of perspectives which are representative of Britain past and present. These include updating acquisition and deselection policies to include equality, diversity and inclusion considerations; changing practice to widen the range of publishers and institutions from which material is selected; acquiring material to increase coverage of issues relating to racism; modernising the language and concepts used in the Library’s classification scheme; and providing training for Library and committee staff on increasing the diversity of the sources used in research.</p><p>The process has involved exchanging experience with universities engaged in decolonising their curricula and collections. However, this is not an approach which the House of Commons Library has adopted: the Library is actively increasing the diversity of its collection rather than decolonising it.</p><p>The focus of the Library’s collection policy remains to build and maintain a specialist collection on Parliament and devolved legislatures, the history of UK and Ireland, and politics and government to support the work of Members, Library research teams and the House Service. It has developed a clear statement on its commitment to impartiality and the provision of a wide range of perspectives as part of this.</p><p>The Commission has no plans to take steps in response to the Library’s work in this area.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker grouped question UIN 4720 question first answered 26/05/2022 16:26:11 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford