Today in Parliament

Today in Parliament is a British radio programme that covers the daily proceedings of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), on BBC Radio 4. When re-broadcast the next day, it is known as Yesterday in Parliament.

History

The programme began on 9 October 1945 at 22.45.^[1] It is the only programme that the BBC is required to make under its charter.

In 1978 the public were allowed to hear MPs in parliament.

In 1998 Yesterday in Parliament stopped being broadcast on FM. continuing only on long wave, as an out-out from The Today programme.

In April 2024, Yesterday in Parliament moved to BBC Radio 4 Extra due to the end of Radio 4's long wave opt-outs, ahead of the closure of BBC Radio 4 on long wave.^[2]

Content

The broadcast begins with the Speaker announcing Order, order. It is available daily as a podcast.

It is presented on rotation either by Susan Hulme, Mark D'Arcy or Sean Curran.

Audience

Today in Parliament claims to have a regular audience of around 500,000 listeners.

See also

• The Week in Westminster
• Political podcast

References

External links

• Today in Parliament
• Podcasts
• Parliamentary business
• History of the programme

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Parliamentary procedure

Major concepts

• History of parliamentary procedure
• Principles of parliamentary procedure
• Deliberative assembly
• Committee
• Session
• Quorum
• Chair
• Floor
• Recognition
• Motion
• Second
• Debate
• Main motion
• Order of business
• Minutes
• Voting methods in deliberative assemblies
• Majority
• Unanimous consent

Subsidiary motions

• Postpone indefinitely
• Amend
• Commit
• Postpone to a certain time
• Limit or extend limits of debate
• Previous question
• Cloture
• Lay on the table

Privileged motions

• Call for the orders of the day
• Raise a question of privilege
• Recess
• Adjourn
• Fix the time to which to adjourn

Incidental motions

• Point of order
• Appeal
• Suspend the rules
• Objection to the consideration of a question
• Division of a question
• Consideration by paragraph or seriatim
• Division of the assembly
• Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls
• Motions relating to nominations
• Prayer motion
• Request to be excused from a duty
• Requests and inquiries (Parliamentary inquiry, Request for information, Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion, Request to read papers, Request for any other privilege)

Motions that bring a question
again before the assembly

• Take from the table
• Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted
• Discharge a committee
• Reconsider

Legislative procedures

• Call of the house
• Hoist
• Motion to pass on
• Recall of Parliament

Disciplinary procedures

• Censure
• Declare the chair vacant
• Impeach
• Naming

Parliamentary authorities

• Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)
• The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC or Sturgis)
• Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure
• Riddick's Rules of Procedure
• Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
• Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
• Jefferson's Manual
• Lex Parliamentaria
• Odgers' Australian Senate Practice
• House of Representatives Practice
• Bourinot's Rules of Order
• Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms
• Morin code
• ABC of Chairmanship

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