House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner
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House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner
Have you ever wondered what the House of Lords does, how it works and who makes up its membership?The House of Lords is the second chamber of UK Parliament. It plays a crucial role in examining bills, questioning government action and investigating public policy. Hear from members of the House...
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Baroness Manningham-Buller: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Former head of MI5 Baroness Manningham-Buller joins Lord Speaker’s Corner to discuss the relationship between MI5 and MI6, reading upside down, meetin...
Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner as she sounds the alarm over the deepening gende...
Baroness Helic: Lord Speaker’s Corner
‘War and conflict is not something that is not familiar to me. It is not an essay title, it is not a theoretical exercise. It's very real.’
Lord Moore of Etchingham: Lord Speaker’s Corner
‘The demand for journalism is unprecedented in the whole of human history. But what's got much harder is to work out what the best media for it is, an...
Lord O’Neill of Gatley: Lord Speaker’s Corner
‘The US is just so obsessed about being big, it doesn't understand that by others becoming bigger, the US can become wealthier.’
Jim O’Neill, Lo...
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, speaks about why she is campaigning on topics including salmon farming and water company pollution in the...
Lord Kinnock: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Former leader of the Labour party Neil Kinnock, Lord Kinnock, is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner.
‘I guess that's what gave me my poli...
Lord McDonald of Salford: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Former top diplomat Simon McDonald, Lord McDonald of Salford, is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner.
Lord McDonald shares his views on a...
Baroness Hazarika: Lord Speaker's Corner
From politics to comedy to campaigning against anti-social behaviour, broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner.
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Lord Sedwill: Lord Speaker’s Corner
From the Foreign Office to National Security Adviser to Cabinet Secretary, Mark Sedwill – Lord Sedwill – is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner....
Lord Patten of Barnes: Lord Speaker's Corner
From education to government, Northern Ireland to Hong Kong, organising a Papal visit to leading a university, Chris Patten speaks about his life and...
Lord Butler of Brockwell: Lord Speaker's Corner
‘I'd heard bombs before, so I knew it was a bomb.’
Forty years ago this month, Robin Butler - Principle Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher -...
The Archbishop of Canterbury | Lord Speaker's Corner
‘This morning, even this morning, I was in my prayer saying to God, "What am I doing here?”’
Justin Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, s...
Lord Evans of Weardale: Lord Speaker's Corner
Lord Speaker’s Corner returns for a new Parliament and Lord McFall of Alcluith’s first guest is former Director General of MI5 and Chair of the Commit...
Lord Anderson of Ipswich | Lord Speaker's Corner
Sovereignty, tackling terrorism and even Macbeth are on the agenda in the latest Lord Speaker’s Corner as David Anderson, Lord Anderson of Ipswich KC,...
Baroness Young of Hornsey | Lord Speaker's Corner
Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner.
In this episode, Baroness Young speaks to Lord McFall of Al...
The Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees of Ludlow: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Hear from the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees of Ludlow, in the latest episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner.
‘Now that robots can do the things that hum...
Lord Mandelson: Lord Speaker's Corner
Peter Mandelson - former Cabinet minister, leading figure in New Labour and now Lord Mandelson - speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about his life in p...
Lord Ricketts: Lord Speaker's Corner
Former top diplomat Lord Ricketts speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about the conflicts in Israel/Gaza and Ukraine, the impact of Brexit and more in t...
Lord Lamont of Lerwick: Lord Speaker's Corner
Lord Lamont talks tackling inflation, controlling interest rates and growing up in Shetland in the latest episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner.
‘Alt...
Lord Forysth of Drumlean: Lord Speaker's Corner
Hear from Lord Forsyth as he warns of a 'presidential' style of government that he believes has weakened Parliament’s role in scrutinising and improvi...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: Lord Speaker's Corner
'I think I've learned from all of the campaigns, a simple message gets through, complex messages don't.'
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff is a leadin...
Lord Speaker's Corner: Lord Blunkett
Lord McFall of Alcluith speaks to former Home Secretary David Blunkett - Lord Blunkett - about his 36-year career in Parliament in the latest episode...
Lord Speaker's Corner: Baroness Benjamin
Hear from broadcaster and campaigner, Floella Benjamin, in the latest episode of Lord Speaker's Corner.
In this episode, Baroness Benjamin expla...
Lord Heseltine: Lord Speaker's Corner
Hear from former Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine, as he speaks to the Lord Speaker about an extensive political career spanning almost 60 yea...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | Lord Speaker's Corner
Baroness Butler-Sloss, the highest-ranking female judge in England and Wales as President of the High Court’s Family Division from 1999-2005, speaks t...
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws: Lord Speaker's Corner
Watch leading human rights lawyer, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, discuss human rights, social media and access to justice with Lord McFall of Alcluit...
AI weapons, the future of food production, and tackling homelessness
This month we speak to chairs of two new Lords committees looking into the use of artificial intelligence in weapons systems and the future of the hor...
Baroness Kidron: Lord Speaker's Corner
From making movies for Stephen Spielberg to ground-breaking protections for young people online, Beeban Kidron - Baroness Kidron - talks to Lord McFal...
Lord Speaker's Corner: Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Nicky Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes, has been a member of the government in both Houses of Parliament as well as serving as a backbencher, has chai...
Improving secondary education and integrating care
How should the curriculum for 11-16 year olds be reformed and should GCSEs remain?
How can health services and community care be work better to...
Lord Speaker's Corner: Lord Norton of Louth
‘In the House of Commons there's a culture of assertion. Government knows it'll normally get its way. In the House of Lords, it's a culture of justifi...
Lord Speaker's Corner: Lord Alderdice
‘One of the problems I had growing up as a young person in Northern Ireland when things were breaking down into violence again was... I was very troub...
Lord Speaker's Corner: Lord Dubs
Introducing a special series from the House of Lords: Lord Speaker's Corner. Over five episodes, Lord McFall of Alcluith will speak to members of the...
'A gloriously ordinary life': how to improve adult social care, and implementing the Children and Families Act
This month we speak to two members who have been leading investigations into improving adult social care and how the government has incompletely imple...
Behind the scenes of Lords Hansard
How do you know what a member said in the House of Lords, or Commons?
And did you know that you could once be arrested for reporting wha...
Private Members’ Bills
Did you know that it’s not just the government that can propose new laws in Parliament?
This month we are looking at how members campaign for ch...
Women in Parliament, equality online, famous faces and tackling fraud
In this month’s House of Lords podcast we talk to Labour’s Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon and Conservative peer Nicky Morgan, Baroness Morga...
Being a whip, being a rebel, and how do you amuse the Monarch?
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...
Protecting children and strengthening the Union
In this month’s episode of the House of Lords Podcast, we are talking about protecting children and strengthening the Union, plus RuPaul’s Drag Race a...