99 Episodes

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

    Published: 2/28/2025

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

    Published: 2/28/2025

  3. Why is it so difficult to reform parliaments?

    Published: 2/21/2025

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

    Published: 2/14/2025

  5. A WhatsApp purge in Parliament?

    Published: 2/14/2025

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

    Published: 2/7/2025

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

    Published: 1/31/2025

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

    Published: 1/31/2025

  9. A withering select committee takedown

    Published: 1/24/2025

  10. Assisted Dying Bill: Special Series #1

    Published: 1/24/2025

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

    Published: 1/17/2025

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

    Published: 1/10/2025

  13. Whipping yarns: A rebel whip’s tale

    Published: 1/6/2025

  14. Whipping yarns: An SNP Whip’s tale

    Published: 1/3/2025

  15. Whipping Yarns: A Liberal Democrat whip’s tale

    Published: 12/30/2024

  16. Parliament’s role in a failed state

    Published: 12/23/2024

  17. Will Parliament pay a price for promises to WASPI women?

    Published: 12/20/2024

  18. Licence to scrutinise: Spooks, hereditary peers and assisted dying

    Published: 12/13/2024

  19. Football governance, fair elections, and fantasy reforms Parliament Matters goes live!

    Published: 12/6/2024

  20. How a British student has schooled the US Congress

    Published: 12/3/2024

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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.