Parliament Matters

A podcast by Hansard Society - Fridays

Fridays

87 Episodes

  1. Assisted dying bill - special series #9: Inside the Public Bill Committee

    Published: 3/28/2025

  2. Spring Statement: House of Commons tensions grow over the economy

    Published: 3/28/2025

  3. Assisted dying bill - special series #8: Inside the Public Bill Committee

    Published: 3/21/2025

  4. Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement: The fallout at Westminster

    Published: 3/21/2025

  5. Assisted dying bill - special series #7: Inside the Public Bill Committee

    Published: 3/14/2025

  6. Planning and infrastructure: Should Parliament take more control?

    Published: 3/14/2025

  7. Assisted dying bill - special series #6: Lessons from New Zealand

    Published: 3/7/2025

  8. Net Zero and National Security: How can Parliament hold the Government to account?

    Published: 3/7/2025

  9. Assisted dying bill - special series #5: Inside the Public Bill Committee

    Published: 2/28/2025

  10. International aid cuts: What is Parliament's role?

    Published: 2/28/2025

  11. Why is it so difficult to reform parliaments?

    Published: 2/21/2025

  12. Assisted dying bill - special series #4: Inside the Public Bill Committee

    Published: 2/14/2025

  13. A WhatsApp purge in Parliament?

    Published: 2/14/2025

  14. Assisted dying bill - special series #3: Understanding the amendment process

    Published: 2/7/2025

  15. Assisted dying bill - special series #2: How the Bill was drafted

    Published: 1/31/2025

  16. Welfare cap breached by £8.6 billion: Do MPs care?

    Published: 1/31/2025

  17. A withering select committee takedown

    Published: 1/24/2025

  18. Assisted Dying Bill: Special Series #1

    Published: 1/24/2025

  19. Should Parliament, rather than Ministers, oversee public inquiries?

    Published: 1/17/2025

  20. The ‘Musk Factor’: Is the world's richest man driving Parliament's agenda?

    Published: 1/10/2025

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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.