🎧 PODCAST - Former Prime Ministers: The role of Parliament in life after No 10 We talk to @expremiers.bsky.social about his new book on Margaret Thatcher's time after No 10, and about how other ex-PMs have spent their parliamentary afterlife. Listen below🔽 buff.ly/rFR12hP

Did you hear @ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social on @hansardsociety.bsky.social's Parliament Matters podcast a few weeks ago? The episode was about Prime Minister's Questions, including France and Canada's experimentation with PMQs and why it may be time to retire the 'engagements' question. Listen 👇

LATEST PODCAST | What are the Usual Channels? A short history of Westminster whipping We talk to @sebwhale.bsky.social about his new book, pulling back the curtain on one of Westminster's most notorious elements: the Whips. Listen below 🔽 buff.ly/phTKkve

1/ Concerns are rising in Westminster over the Chagos deal and the UK’s trade agreements with the US, EU & India. If we want better economic, trade and foreign-policy decisions, MPs need the tools – and the will – to hold government to account. 👇

BLOG | Treaty scrutiny: addressing the accountability gap In this guest blog, chair of @HLIntAgreements Lord Goldsmith KC outlines the Committee’s new report calling for stronger parliamentary oversight of treaties. Read the blog post below 🔽 www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/treaty-...

🎙️ NEW: Peers back the #AssistedDying Bill at 2nd Reading...then hit pause. A new Lords select committee will now gather evidence before clause-by-clause scrutiny. Catch up with the latest twists and turns on Parliament Matters 🎧👉 buff.ly/LzmXBO8

It's a big day for the #AssistedDying Bill as the House of Lords decides on its Second Reading. Thanks to @politico.eu for sharing our briefing on today’s speakers, votes & amendments in their London Playbook newsletter. Link to the briefing is in the post below. 👇

UPDATE - Assisted dying bill: what will happen at tomorrow's debate? Following a compromise deal to establish a select committee to consider the bill, we've updated our blog on what to expect at tomorrow's debate. Read below🔽 www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...

BLOG | What will happen at this Friday's assisted dying bill debate? With the Second Reading debate resuming this Friday, we explain the motions and amendments on which the House of Lords will vote, and how these may impact later stages. Read below 🔽 www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/assiste...

This afternoon, SNP MP @kirstysnp.bsky.social will present a Ten Minute Rule Bill to remove the two-child limit on universal credit. What is a Ten Minute Rule Bill and how do they become law? Our guide explains 🔽

TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 🟢 Sentencing Bill (Second Reading) 🚨 Emergency debate on Lord Mandelson's removal 🔴 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Committee) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Ten Minute Rule Bill on two-child cap Read more below 🔽 buff.ly/lwNyMi6

MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 🟢 Employment Rights Bill (Lords amendments) 🔴 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Committee) 🏫 Westminster Hall: Debate on SEND reform More detail below 🔽 buff.ly/0tKmK69

Amid Westminster's turmoil — resignations, reshuffles and scandal — what truly affects our lives is what Parliament is actually doing: making laws, shaping policy, deciding spending. Our impartial Parliament Matters Bulletin keeps the focus on Westminster’s work each week.👇

🎙️ NEW: 200 Peers. 2 days of debate. Political chess. The Second Reading isn’t the end—it’s just the opening move. Former Clerk of the Parliaments Sir David Beamish joins us to decode the drama behind the Assisted Dying Bill’s marathon Lords debate. 🎧 buff.ly/Iu1dPEu

🎥 Watching the #AssistedDying Bill in the House of Lords? Our briefing will help you make sense of every step of the Lords legislative process. It covers FAQs about the Lords role, the key procedures at Second Reading and the later stages if the bill progresses. 👇

In case you missed it: Our new guide to what lies ahead for the assisted dying bill 🚫Whether, and how, the Lords could block the bill 🔉How debates work in the Lords 2⃣ What will happen at Second Reading 📅Scheduling and timing 📃Stages after Second Reading

🚨 NEW BRIEFING: The assisted dying bill – The House of Lords legislative process We explain how the Lords will consider the Bill: ⚖️ Constitutional issues 🚫 Five ways peers could say no 🗓️ Timing & debates 📜 Each stage of the Bill Read more 🔽 buff.ly/pCjfzqN

🚨 NEW BRIEFING: The assisted dying bill – The House of Lords legislative process We explain how the Lords will consider the Bill: ⚖️ Constitutional issues 🚫 Five ways peers could say no 🗓️ Timing & debates 📜 Each stage of the Bill Read more 🔽 buff.ly/pCjfzqN

TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 🟢 Legislation to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands 🔴 Peers debate the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, including amendments on the use of asylum hotels Read more🔽 buff.ly/qw4aYeb

MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 🏠 Renters' Rights Bill: Consideration of Lords amendments 👮 Peers debate Border Security Bill in Committee 🇪🇺 Europe Ministers questioned on UK-EU reset More detail below 🔽 buff.ly/yp8sVkA

New ministers face a packed week in Parliament. 🗓️ Don’t miss a moment—get the Parliament Matters Bulletin, your daily Westminster guide, every Sunday. Read & subscribe 👉 buff.ly/keUa6Bf

Today the House of Commons will debate the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The Government will seek to reverse four amendments made to the Bill by the House of Lords. Read more about those amendments in our weekly Bulletin 🔽 buff.ly/aH4R8dQ

WEDNESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? ❓ Prime Minister's Questions 🔵 Conservative Opposition Day: property taxes and hospitality sector 💼 Peers vote on passage of Employment Rights Bill More details 🔽 buff.ly/QJZUFGG

TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? ❓ Foreign Office questions 🟢 English Devolution Bill (Second Reading) 🔴 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Committee) Read more about the bills being debated 🔽 buff.ly/LIBd8NZ

MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 📣 Urgent Questions and Statements on Palestine and asylum policy 🚅 Debates on regional transport inequality and devolution in Scotland 🏠 Lords debate Planning and Infrastructure Bill Read more below🔽 buff.ly/yuHr4Vm

📣 Parliament returns tomorrow - so our Parliament Matters Bulletin is back today!. 🗓️ Your daily guide to the week ahead in Westminster: all the events in both Houses. 📩 Subscribe and get the Bulletin delivered to your inbox every Sunday. 👉 buff.ly/M0T2NGk

🧵 1/ NEW briefing: Delegated powers in the assisted dying bill: Issues for the attention of the House of Lords. 👉 buff.ly/un4zf26

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🧵Join our Board! We are recruiting a new Treasurer & Trustees. We have a unique role at Westminster: trusted, impartial, and focused on making Parliament more effective. Right now, we’re at the forefront of the campaign to reform delegated legislation, an issue vital to democratic accountability.

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🎙️ NEW EPISODE: On 12 Sept, the House of Lords debates the Assisted Dying Bill. We get an insider’s guide from ex-Clerk of the Parliaments Sir David Beamish who explains the legislative process in the Upper House and its unique procedures. 🎧 buff.ly/6H7WAnb

It’s Summer Recess, so we've got some gripping parliamentary history for you 📚👑 @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's The Blood in Winter explores the day Charles I tried to arrest 5 MPs —and failed. 🎧 Perfect summer listening for history & politics lovers: buff.ly/JqOi8xH

🎙️ NEW EPISODE: 1642: The King marches on Parliament. Soldiers at the Commons door. A failed arrest becomes a turning point in parliamentary history. Historian @jonathanhealey.bsky.social tell us the gripping story in The Blood in Winter. 🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/JqOi8xH

🔔 THURSDAY IN PARLIAMENT 🏗️ Peers scrutinise the Planning & Infrastructure Bill 🎩 Sir Tim Barrow (ex-NSA & former Ambassador to EU, Ukraine & Russia) introduced to the Lords 🚫 Commons not sitting – Lords rise for Summer recess after today 👇 buff.ly/1IdQqeB

🔔 WEDNESDAY IN PARLIAMENT 🏛️ Lords debate Employment Relations Bill 🪖 Peers review Commons’ amendments to Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 🌍 Ivo Daalder (former US NATO envoy) gives evidence on UK‑US future ties 🚫 Commons not sitting today 👇

🔔 TUESDAY IN PARLIAMENT 🏛️ Lords debate foreign state ownership of media ❓ Health Ministers face MPs’ questions 🌞 David Amess Summer Adjournment – MPs can raise any issue 🎩 Ex–Civil Service chief Simon Case joins the Lords 👇 buff.ly/fr4pk9W

Later today @Keir_Starmer faces the Commons Liaison Committee. Will select cmtt chairs press him on the: ✅ super-injunction? ✅ @DefenceHQ Afghan data breach? 🎙️ We unpack the legal, constitutional & financial questions in our latest podcast with @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social 👉

🔔 MONDAY ALERT: What’s on Parliament’s agenda today? ❓ PM will be grilled by the Liaison Committee of select committee chairs 🇯🇵 MPs mark 80 years since Victory over Japan 🔴 Lords debate Renters' Rights, Employment Rights & Hereditary Peers Bills 🔽 buff.ly/V2K6kZj

📣 What’s coming up in Parliament this week? Stay ahead of the big debates & decisions with our Parliament Matters Bulletin. 🗓️ Your weekly guide – in your inbox every Sunday. 📩 Get ahead before the week begins → buff.ly/V2K6kZj

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ A secret Afghan data leak, an unprecedented super-injunction & big questions over parliamentary accountability. @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social joins us this week to discuss the legal and constitutional fallout. Listen now 👇https://buff.ly/5419E8b

WEDNESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? ❔ Prime Minister's Questions 🪑 Foreign Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary appear at select committees 💼 Peers scrutinise the Employment Rights Bill Read more 🔽 buff.ly/Oh54DAB

This afternoon, Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage will present a Ten Minute Rule Bill to regulate online providers of fertility services. What is a Ten Minute Rule Bill and how do they become law? Our guide explains 🔽 buff.ly/4gFjr9N

TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 🔵 Conservative Opposition Day on taxes and welfare 🔋 Energy Security and Net Zero oral questions 🔴 Peers debate Renters' Rights Bill Read more 🔽 buff.ly/UpxiksV

🧵 Thank you to @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social for highlighting our "informative" Parliament Matters Bulletin in the latest post for his Substack, A Lawyer Writes. We are glad it’s proving useful! Read this week's Bulletin here: buff.ly/0vYf1qq

Excellent blogpost from @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social this morning (with credits to the Hansard Society's newsletter!). As he highlights, there are three interesting events in the Commons today, each of which will put the sovereignty of Parliament on display. rozenberg.substack.com/p/uncommon-law

MONDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today? 🧑‍⚖️ Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Bill 🪖 E-petition debate on Northern Irelanr veterans 🏠 Deputy PM Angela Rayner faces oral questions 💼 Peers debate Employment Rights Bill Read more below🔽 buff.ly/T50EBUY

OUT TOMORROW - One year on: How is Parliament performing? In our next episode, we look at where Parliament, the Government and the legislative programme stand after one year. Sign up to get it in your inbox tomorrow🔽 www.hansardsociety.org.uk/about/subscr...

🎉 Parliament Matters podcast hits 100 episodes tomorrow! Across 100 episodes, we've heard insights from politicians, academics, historians, and others about the institution at the heart of our democracy: Parliament. Subscribe below to keep hearing more 🔽 buff.ly/HIjYCWm

🔽An interesting thread below from @conunitucl.bsky.social on proposals to limit the size of the House of Lords, which will be the subject of an amendment to the Hereditary Peers Bill put to peers this evening.