House of Lords Podcast

Listen to the first in our new series of interviews between the Lord Speaker, Lord McFall of Alcluith, and members of the House of Lords.

This month we speak to two members who have been leading investigations into improving adult social care and how the government has incompletely implemented the Children and Families Act.

Did you know that you could once be arrested for reporting what was happening in Parliament? Meet the team behind the Official Report, known as Hansard, in our latest House of Lords Podcast episode.

Find out how members campaign for change via private members’ bills, plus the process they go through in the House of Lords

In this month’s House of Lords podcast we talk to Labour’s Baroness Smith of Basildon and Conservative peer Baroness Morgan of Cotes.

This month, we hear from Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate why the House of Lords is the best place for checking draft laws, his experiences as a whip and as a rebel, plus updating the Queen on what’s happening in Parliament.

We speak to Baroness Kidron about her work protecting children online and to Baroness Taylor of Bolton and Lord Dunlop about strengthening the Union.