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Welcome to Committee Corridor, the weekly podcast that brings together Members of Parliament from the different select committees in the House of Commons to interview experts and discuss the most pressing political, social and economic matters facing the UK today. Join our hosts Caroline Nokes (Chair, Women and Equalities Committee) and Catherine McKinnell (Chair, Petitions Committee) as they delve into matters of equality and democracy, in the latest batch of episodes leading up to summer 2023.
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Prevention, education and safeguarding: culture change at every level will be crucial to how we tackle violence against women and girls. In the final podcast of this season’s Committee Corridor, host Caroline Nokes MP hears from three women who have taken part in select committee inquiries which consider different aspects of violence against women …
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Around a quarter of the UK's adult population have signed a petition to Parliament. It's one of the ways that UK residents can alert members of Parliament to concerns that matter to them and make their voices heard. Petitions to the UK Parliament e-petition site ask for a change to the law or to policy. Since launching eight years ago, more than 30…
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In May this year, voter ID was enforced for the first time in polling booths across England. Photo identification such as a driving licence or passport will be needed to vote in the forthcoming parliamentary by-elections, future recall petitions and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales. From October, everyone will need photo…
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The Women's Ashes, the Ladies Tennis at Wimbledon, athletics in Manchester and London, World Cups for football in Australia and New Zealand — women's sport is going from strength to strength, and it's really exciting. But behind the scenes, other battles are being fought. The Independent Commission for Equity and Cricket (ICEC) stark report, ‘Holdi…
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There are falling levels of trust in news, growing numbers of people who avoid news stories, and a sharp decline in the number of those who take a strong interest in news coverage. Local newspapers and broadcast services are also disappearing due to cuts, centralisation, and mergers. How would we hold local government and public services to account…
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Welcome to a brand new season of Committee Corridor. In the first episode, co-host Caroline Nokes MP, Chair of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, speaks with Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, about the effects the Covid-19 pandemic had on education. Children have been through an “unprecedented experien…
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Welcome to Committee Corridor. This pilot podcast from the House of Commons select committees opens a door into the world of scrutiny through the lens of some of the UK’s most pressing concerns. Hosted by select committee chairs, each episode features an insight interview with a leading figure combined with updates from MPs on the work of their dif…
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Welcome to the final episode of this series of Committee Corridor. In this series of Committee Corridor we’ve been looking at human rights and justice. Today, we’re updating you on the different issues we covered: modern slavery in the UK, the forced adoption of the children from unmarried mothers from the 1940s-1970s, plans to reform the Human Rig…
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Marking 25 years of environmental scrutiny: a Committee Corridor special
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Welcome to a special episode of Committee Corridor. Today, we're sharing the highlights from a special event to mark 25 years of the Environmental Audit Committee, recorded live at Imperial College London. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from the keynote speaker at the event, the former Prime Minister Theresa May MP, who put the 2050 net zero targe…
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A significant backlog of Crown Court cases hitting more than 60,000 by September 2022; the highest rate of prisoners on remand for 50 years and court buildings in poor repair. Committee Corridor continues its series on human rights and justice, asking whether the criminal justice system in England and Wales in crisis. Legal commentator Joshua Rozen…
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Does the Human Rights Act need to be reformed?
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25 years ago, the landmark Human Rights Act changed the way in which human rights were enforced throughout the United Kingdom. The Act gave domestic effect to the European Convention on Human Rights. The UK was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the convention in 1951. Last year, the Government brought forward legislation for a British B…
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Adoption of the children of unmarried mothers from the 1940s-1970s
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In this week's episode of Committee Corridor, we hear the stories of two women who suffered great pain and great loss as a result of decisions which were taken out of their hands. From the 1940s to the 1970s, tens of thousands of children were adopted simply because their mothers weren't married, and even though their mothers did not want to let th…
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Welcome to a brand new season of Committee Corridor. This time, we turn our attention to what select committees are doing to ensure that human rights of everyone in the UK are protected. Victims of modern slavery have been found working in homes in the United Kingdom, in our agricultural fields, and in our supply chains. But the UK, once seen as a …
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Welcome to series 3 of Committee Corridor, the podcast where Members of the UK Parliament’s select committees come together to unpack the issues that affect millions of lives in the UK and abroad. The latest series will be hosted by Joanna Cherry, the MP for Edinburgh South West and Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. In this new series, …
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The cost of living: rising food prices, rising debt
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As the cost of living remains close to its highest level for 40 years, the final episode in our series on the cost of living crisis asks who is paying - and how. Rebecca McDonald, chief economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation tells host Darren Jones MP that many families are struggling to meet basic costs such as food. A recent survey by the so…
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In a Committee Corridor special on COP27, Darren Jones reflects on the climate summit with Chris Stark, chief executive of the independent Climate Change Committee, which advises Government on the UK’s progress towards its legal target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The public wants to see action, Chris Stark says. In a c…
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In this episode of Committee Corridor we continue our look into the cost of living crisis. This week we’re focusing on energy security. The conflict in Ukraine created a profound shock to our energy supplies. It has driven up prices, putting people into fuel poverty. And it’s brought the UK’s energy production into sharp focus. On the podcast we’re…
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On today’s episode of Committee Corridor we continue our look at the cost-of-living crisis and turn to jobs and workforce concerns. There are hundreds of thousands of job vacancies in some of the UK’s most critical sectors. Health, education and transport all face challenges in recruiting and retaining key staff. To examine the situation further, w…
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Energy bills are a major concern for households and businesses across the UK. Committee Corridor explores concerns about vulnerable customers and how we future proof the UK’s energy supply. Host Darren Jones MP speaks to the Chief Executive of Energy UK, the trade association for the energy industry, Emma Pinchbeck, about home insulation, fuel pove…
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In our first episode of series 2, our host and BEIS chair Darren Jones MP is joined Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, to talk about the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The pair set the scene for the podcast series and highlight key topics, including inequality and wage stagnation. In the second half of the episode, fellow c…
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Welcome back to series 2 of Committee Corridor, the podcast where Members of Parliament come together to unpack the issues that affect millions of lives in the UK and abroad. The latest series will be hosted by Darren Jones, the Member of Parliament for Bristol North West and the chair of the House of Commons’ Business, Energy and Industrial Strate…
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State hostage-taking: Can Parliament help?
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Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained by the Iranian authorities for six years, joins host Tom Tugendhat MP to discuss his campaign to free his wife, and whether the family’s case ‘moved the dial fundamentally’ for state hostages. In the second part of the episode, fellow parliamentarians Tulip Siddiq, the family’s lo…
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War in Ukraine - the threat to the Baltic states
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NATO needs to come up with a solution which deals with the current threat from Russia and has the potential to defend and reinforce its Eastern flank, urge committee chairs from Latvia and Estonia. Rihards Kols, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Latvian Parliament, and Marko Mihkelson, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Eston…
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Author and investigative journalist Oliver Bullough joins host Tom Tugendhat MP to discuss ‘dirty money’, the illicit wealth stolen by kleptocrats and criminals which is then laundered and invested in the UK. They consider whether the UK Government has done enough to tackle money laundering, illicit finance and the organised crime which the money e…
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In the third episode of Committee Corridor, host and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Tom Tugendhat (@TomTugendhat) speaks with Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, about the dangers to democracy in Taiwan, how the situation has changed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the potential global economic impacts…
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On this episode of Committee Corridor host and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Tom Tugendhat (@TomTugendhat) examines the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, and will be discussing how the Government engages with the country now and going forward. How has the situation changed since the withdrawal of British and American forces in the …
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In the first episode, Tom Tugendhat MP, Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, speaks with Fiona Hill, the former Senior Director for Europe & Russia at the United States National Security Council and fellow committee members SNP’s Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP and Conservative Alicia Kearns MP. Together, they consider the impact of…
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Brought to you by the House of Commons, Committee Corridor is a brand new podcast featuring Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum speaking with experts on the most pressing political, social and economic matters facing the UK today. Tune in from the 12th of May for the first episode and gain deeper knowledge of the issues that th…
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