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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.
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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Post Office Horizon scandal: what is Parliament doing about it?
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May 03, 2024 |
Is AI set to destroy trust in elections? Tackling misinformation in politics & Parliament
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Apr 30, 2024 |
Rwanda Bill becomes law: but what was really going on behind the scenes in Parliament?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: free vote blows smoke in Rishi Sunak's eyes
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Apr 18, 2024 |
William Wragg's honeytrap crisis and is Speaker Hoyle under threat?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
Defending free speech from SLAPPs
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Mar 29, 2024 |
Another Rwanda roadblock
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Mar 22, 2024 |
Unheard: the parliamentary snubbing of Diane Abbott
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Mar 15, 2024 |
The Budget: is the democratic deficit as bad as the financial deficit?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
The Foreign Affairs Committee: commentator or influencer?
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Mar 04, 2024 |
The Commons Speaker survives (for now), Liz Truss takes on the ‘Deep State’, plus how do we detoxify politics?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
The decline and fall of the political interview
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Feb 27, 2024 |
Commons chaos: Can the Speaker survive a monumental misjudgement?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
Urgent Questions: PMQs, whipping, Sinn Fein MPs, access to security passes, hospitality facilities in Parliament and much more!
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Feb 16, 2024 |
Gaffes and grace at PMQs
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Feb 09, 2024 |
A potty-mouthed Parliament?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
What if they gave a coup and nobody came? The Tory leadership soap opera continued
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Jan 26, 2024 |
War powers, Rwanda ‘mayhem’ and Ian Dunt on the state of Westminster
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Jan 19, 2024 |
The inside story: Parliament and the Post Office Horizon scandal
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Jan 12, 2024 |
Election alert and the year ahead in Parliament: Why are so many election rules being changed?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Parliament Matters Explains: How does Parliament make laws?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
Michael Crick & Tomorrow’s MPs: The latest news on parliamentary candidate selections
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Dec 29, 2023 |
Parliament Matters Explains: What do MPs actually do?
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Dec 27, 2023 |
Is Parliament a decaying organism? Lord Lisvane on our crumbling constitution
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Dec 22, 2023 |
‘These guys like to be written about’: The art of parliamentary sketchwriting, with Rob Hutton
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Dec 18, 2023 |
High drama or damp squib?… And what’s happening with pairing?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
Westenders: The battle for the heart and soul of the Conservative Party
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Dec 08, 2023 |
Special feature: The genesis of PARLY, with Tony Grew
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Dec 04, 2023 |
Legislative bodging: No way to run a chip shop!
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Dec 01, 2023 |
Parliament’s ‘Wastefinder General’ on the ‘Big Nasties’
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Nov 24, 2023 |
Total reshuffle, emergency legislation and Parliament’s ‘Golden Ticket’
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Nov 17, 2023 |
Urgent Questions #1
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Nov 13, 2023 |
All change on the Committee corridor and regulating the conduct and standards of MPs
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Nov 12, 2023 |
The King’s Speech, State Opening and the 1922 Committee
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Introducing: Parliament Matters - The Hansard Society's new podcast about the institution at the heart of our democracy
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Nov 01, 2023 |