House of Lords Podcast: 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.‘Although I personally would not have joined the ERM and alth...

26 Jan 202436min

Hear from Lord Forsyth as he warns of a 'presidential' style of government that he believes has weakened Parliament’s role in scrutinising and improving laws.'The House of Commons is failing in its fu...

15 Des 202335min

'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 leading doctor, a professor and pioneer in the field of palliat...

24 Nov 202333min

Lord McFall of Alcluith speaks to former Home Secretary David Blunkett - Lord Blunkett - about his 36-year career in Parliament in the latest episode of Lord Speaker's Corner.'We anticipated there mig...

26 Okt 202356min

Hear from broadcaster and campaigner, Floella Benjamin, in the latest episode of Lord Speaker's Corner.In this episode, Baroness Benjamin explains that it was while presenting TV’s Play School in the ...

14 Sep 202359min

Hear from former Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine, as he speaks to the Lord Speaker about an extensive political career spanning almost 60 years in Westminster.'Liverpool changed me. There's n...

16 Jul 202348min

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 to Lord McFall of Alcluith about her career and war...

22 Jun 202325min

Watch leading human rights lawyer, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, discuss human rights, social media and access to justice with Lord McFall of Alcluith in the latest episode of Lord Speaker's Corner. ...

18 Mai 202344min