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Oct 16, 2026
Parliament under pressure: Select committees in the age of lawfare
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0:28Danielle and CallieADVERTISER
The fun starts in three.
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0:35speaker_2NARRATOR
You are listening to Parliament Matters, a Hansard Society production supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
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Learn more at hansardsociety.org.uk.
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0:51Ruth FoxHOST
Welcome to Parliament Matters, the podcast about the institution at the heart of our democracy, Parliament itself.
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68:06Mark D'ArcyHOST
See you then.
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68:06Mark D'ArcyHOST
Bye-bye.
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68:10speaker_2NARRATOR
Parliament Matters is produced by the Hansard Society and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
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For more information, visit hansardsociety.org.uk or find us on social media at Hansard Society.
This is No Way to Run a Country: A conversation with former veterans minister Johnny Mercer
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0:53speaker_0ADVERTISER
Acast.com.
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You are listening to Parliament Matters, a Hansard Society production supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
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Learn more at hansardsociety.org.uk.
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1:15Ruth FoxHOST
Welcome to Parliament Matters, the podcast about the institution at the heart of our democracy, Parliament itself.
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29:43Johnny MercerGUEST
And you can't sort of rub that away.
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29:47Ruth FoxHOST
In terms of the House of Commons, what do you think is the prescription? Because you're not the first person in recent times to articulate that a problem at Westminster is the quality of people and the culture.
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29:58Ruth FoxHOST
Something like me at the Hansard Society, I can sort of draft perfect procedural rules to make the way Westminster works and the legislative process better.
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30:08Ruth FoxHOST
But ultimately, if the people and the culture are not right, then it's not going to work.