Parliament Matters

A podcast by Hansard Society

61 Episodes

  1. Supermajority vs. micro-opposition: Parliament after the general election?

    Published: 6/28/2024

  2. Will the parties reform Westminster?

    Published: 6/21/2024

  3. Democratic decision-making in health emergencies: Learning the lessons of the Covid pandemic

    Published: 5/31/2024

  4. General election called: What now for Parliament?

    Published: 5/24/2024

  5. Democracy is in danger, warns Theresa May

    Published: 5/17/2024

  6. Is the Conservative Party falling apart?

    Published: 5/10/2024

  7. Post Office Horizon scandal: what is Parliament doing about it?

    Published: 5/3/2024

  8. Is AI set to destroy trust in elections? Tackling misinformation in politics & Parliament

    Published: 4/30/2024

  9. Rwanda Bill becomes law: but what was really going on behind the scenes in Parliament?

    Published: 4/26/2024

  10. Tobacco and Vapes Bill: free vote blows smoke in Rishi Sunak's eyes

    Published: 4/18/2024

  11. William Wragg's honeytrap crisis and is Speaker Hoyle under threat?

    Published: 4/12/2024

  12. Defending free speech from SLAPPs

    Published: 3/29/2024

  13. Another Rwanda roadblock

    Published: 3/22/2024

  14. Unheard: the parliamentary snubbing of Diane Abbott

    Published: 3/15/2024

  15. The Budget: is the democratic deficit as bad as the financial deficit?

    Published: 3/8/2024

  16. The Foreign Affairs Committee: commentator or influencer?

    Published: 3/4/2024

  17. The Commons Speaker survives (for now), Liz Truss takes on the ‘Deep State’, plus how do we detoxify politics?

    Published: 3/1/2024

  18. The decline and fall of the political interview

    Published: 2/27/2024

  19. Commons chaos: Can the Speaker survive a monumental misjudgement?

    Published: 2/23/2024

  20. Urgent Questions: PMQs, whipping, Sinn Fein MPs, access to security passes, hospitality facilities in Parliament and much more!

    Published: 2/16/2024

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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.