Parliament Matters
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. Wh...
Episodes (402)
Assisted dying bill - special series #10: Understanding Report Stage
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Should Parliament roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump?
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Whipping Yarns: A Chief Whip's tale
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The sentencing guidelines row: A product of poor law-making?
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Assisted dying bill - special series #9: Inside the Public Bill Committee
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Spring Statement: House of Commons tensions grow over the economy
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Assisted dying bill - special series #8: Inside the Public Bill Committee
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Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement: The fallout at Westminster
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Assisted dying bill - special series #7: Inside the Public Bill Committee
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Planning and infrastructure: Should Parliament take more control?
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Assisted dying bill - special series #6: Lessons from New Zealand
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Net Zero and National Security: How can Parliament hold the Government to accoun...
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Assisted dying bill - special series #5: Inside the Public Bill Committee
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International aid cuts: What is Parliament's role?
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Why is it so difficult to reform parliaments?
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Assisted dying bill - special series #4: Inside the Public Bill Committee
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A WhatsApp purge in Parliament?
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Assisted dying bill - special series #3: Understanding the amendment process
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Assisted dying bill - special series #2: How the Bill was drafted
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Welfare cap breached by £8.6 billion: Do MPs care?
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A withering select committee takedown
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Assisted Dying Bill: Special Series #1
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Should Parliament, rather than Ministers, oversee public inquiries?
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The ‘Musk Factor’: Is the world's richest man driving Parliament's agenda?
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Whipping yarns: A rebel whip’s tale
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Whipping yarns: An SNP Whip’s tale
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Whipping Yarns: A Liberal Democrat whip’s tale
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Parliament’s role in a failed state
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Will Parliament pay a price for promises to WASPI women?
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Licence to scrutinise: Spooks, hereditary peers and assisted dying
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Football governance, fair elections, and fantasy reforms Parliament Matters goe...
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How a British student has schooled the US Congress
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Assisted Dying Bill passes Second Reading: What next?
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What's the point of petitioning Parliament?
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The Assisted Dying Bill: Is More Parliamentary Time Needed?
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The Official Opposition: How to be effective in Parliament
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How will Donald Trump’s return reverberate in the UK Parliament?
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Urgent Questions: Answering your questions about how Parliament works
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The Budget: Why aren’t MPs told first?
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Budget rules explained and parliamentary etiquette tips
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The end of hereditary peers in the House of Lords?
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Electing party leaders: who should decide?
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Select Committee chair elections: who won and can they work together?
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Inside the Private Members’ Bill ballot: 20 MPs win the legislative lottery
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Inside the hidden world of law-making.
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£22 billion financial 'black hole': What is Parliament's role?
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Labour tightens its grip on Parliament
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What has Keir Starmer got in common with Robert Redford?
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New arrivals, absent friends and time-honoured ceremonies
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Who will be the stars of the new Parliament?
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