Parliament Matters
A podcast by Hansard Society
99 Episodes
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Assisted Dying Bill passes Second Reading: What next?
Published: 29/11/2024 -
What's the point of petitioning Parliament?
Published: 22/11/2024 -
The Assisted Dying Bill: Is More Parliamentary Time Needed?
Published: 15/11/2024 -
The Official Opposition: How to be effective in Parliament
Published: 12/11/2024 -
How will Donald Trump’s return reverberate in the UK Parliament?
Published: 08/11/2024 -
Urgent Questions: Answering your questions about how Parliament works
Published: 06/11/2024 -
The Budget: Why aren’t MPs told first?
Published: 01/11/2024 -
Budget rules explained and parliamentary etiquette tips
Published: 25/10/2024 -
The end of hereditary peers in the House of Lords?
Published: 18/10/2024 -
Electing party leaders: who should decide?
Published: 11/10/2024 -
Select Committee chair elections: who won and can they work together?
Published: 13/09/2024 -
Inside the Private Members’ Bill ballot: 20 MPs win the legislative lottery
Published: 06/09/2024 -
Inside the hidden world of law-making.
Published: 16/08/2024 -
£22 billion financial 'black hole': What is Parliament's role?
Published: 02/08/2024 -
Labour tightens its grip on Parliament
Published: 27/07/2024 -
What has Keir Starmer got in common with Robert Redford?
Published: 19/07/2024 -
New arrivals, absent friends and time-honoured ceremonies
Published: 12/07/2024 -
Who will be the stars of the new Parliament?
Published: 07/07/2024 -
Supermajority vs. micro-opposition: Parliament after the general election?
Published: 28/06/2024 -
Will the parties reform Westminster?
Published: 21/06/2024
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.❓ Submit your questions on all things Parliament to Mark and Ruth via our website here: hansardsociety.org.uk/pm#qs📱 Follow us across social media @HansardSociety and...✅ Subscribe to our newsletter for all the latest updates related to the Parliament Matters podcast and the wider work of the Hansard Society: hansardsociety.org.uk/nl.Parliament Matters is a Hansard Society production supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust • Founding producer Luke Boga Mitchell; episode producer Richard Townsend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
