Parliament Matters
By Hansard Society
Join two of the UK's leading parliamentary experts, Mark D'Arcy and Ruth Fox, as they guide you through the often mysterious ways our politicians do business and explore the running controversies about the way Parliament works. Each week they will analyse how laws are made and ministers held accountable by the people we send to Westminster. They will be debating the topical issues of the day, looking back at key historical events and discussing the latest research on democracy and Parliament. Why? Because whether it's the taxes you pay, or the laws you've got to obey... Parliament matters!
Mark D'Arcy was the BBC's parliamentary correspondent for two decades. Ruth Fox is the Director of the parliamentary think-tank the Hansard Society.
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Parliament Matters is a Hansard Society production supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust • Founding producer Luke Boga Mitchell; episode producer Richard Townsend.
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Latest episode
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Assisted dying bill - special series #2: How the Bill was drafted
A conversation with Dame Elizabeth Gardiner -
Welfare cap breached by £8.6 billion: Do MPs care?
The Government is now taking difficult decisions on everything from social security to a third runway at Heathrow which could cause splits in their own ranks. But why are MPs not paying more attention to the mechanisms the House of Commons has est… -
A withering select committee takedown
This week we highlight Alexis Jay’s damning verdict on the Conservative government’s lackluster response to child abuse inquiry recommendations and the first major test of Northern Ireland’s “Stormont Brake” under the Windsor Framework. Plus, we t… -
Assisted Dying Bill: Special Series #1
Money, sittings and witnesses -
Should Parliament, rather than Ministers, oversee public inquiries?
With the Government still under pressure to set up an independent inquiry into child grooming gangs should Parliament have a role in setting up inquiries into state failures and national disasters? Currently, Ministers take crucial decisions about… -
The ‘Musk Factor’: Is the world's richest man driving Parliament's agenda?
This week, we examine how Elon Musk’s tweets have steered the UK parliamentary agenda in the first sitting days of the New Year. From a viral petition demanding a general election, to intense debates on child sexual exploitation and grooming gangs… -
Whipping yarns: A rebel whip’s tale
A conversation with former MP Steve Baker -
Whipping yarns: An SNP Whip’s tale
A conversation with former MP Patrick Grady -
Whipping Yarns: A Liberal Democrat whip’s tale
A conversation with Alistair Carmichael MP -
Parliament’s role in a failed state
A conversation with Sam Freedman