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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Is AI set to destroy trust in elections? Tackling misinformation in politics & Parliament
With top fact checker Full Fact's Chris Morris -
Rwanda Bill becomes law: but what was really going on behind the scenes in Parliament?
We talk to Alison Thewliss MP -
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: free vote blows smoke in Rishi Sunak's eyes
Rishi Sunak offered his MPs a free vote on his flagship Tobacco and Vapes Bill and dozens concluded they could not support it. As well as exploring the politics of the Bill, Ruth and Mark discuss the concept of a free vote and how they have been d… -
William Wragg's honeytrap crisis and is Speaker Hoyle under threat?
This week we are joined by former House of Commons Clerk, Paul Evans, to discuss William Wragg’s fall from grace following a ‘honeytrap sting’. What does it tell us about the vulnerabilities public officials face in the digital age, and the comple… -
Defending free speech from SLAPPs: MP Wayne David on his Private Member's Bill
MP Wayne David on his Private Member's Bill -
Another Rwanda roadblock
And an interview with William Wragg MP -
Unheard: the parliamentary snubbing of Diane Abbott
Why did the Speaker fail to call Diane Abbott during Prime Minister’s Questions? -
The Budget: is the democratic deficit as bad as the financial deficit?
How Parliament handles money. -
The Foreign Affairs Committee: commentator or influencer?
A conversation with Alicia Kearns MP -
The Commons Speaker survives (for now), Liz Truss takes on the ‘Deep State’, plus how do we detoxify politics?
And the Jo Cox Civility Commission: an interview with co-chairs Baroness Bertin & Lord Coaker
