BBC Parliament Schedule
Schedule
Morning
06:15
House of Lords—12/12/2011
Highlights from a debate on 9 December on the situation of Christians in the Middle East.
07:45
Select Committees—Means Testing Benefits Committee
Public Accounts select committee session on means testing benefits, from 2 November.
09:35
BOOKtalk—Michael McManus
Mark D'Arcy talks to author Michael McManus about his book Tory Pride and Prejudice.
09:55
Bombed But Not Broken - House of Commons
Looking back to 1941 when the chamber of the House of Commons was destroyed in the Blitz.
10:25
Scottish Parliament—24/12/2011
Highlights of proceedings in the Scottish Parliament.
11:55
The Record Review—Record Review Bites
Keith Macdougall looks back at 50 years of Prime Minister's Questions.
Afternoon
12:15
The Phone Hacking Inquiry—Episode 1
Highlights from the first week at the Leveson Inquiry, presented by Ross Hawkins.
12:40
The Phone Hacking Inquiry—The Phone Hacking Inquiry
Highlights from the second week of the Leveson Inquiry, presented by Ross Hawkins.
13:05
The Phone Hacking Inquiry—Episode 3
Highlights from the third week at the Leveson Inquiry, presented by Ross Hawkins.
13:30
The Phone Hacking Inquiry—Episode 5
Highlights from the fifth week of the Leveson Inquiry, presented by Ross Hawkins.
13:55
Drawing Blood
Rosalyn Ball reports on the art of political cartooning.
14:10
The Record Review—21/12/2011
Alicia McCarthy presents a review of recent parliamentary highlights at Westminster.
15:10
The Record Europe—17/12/2011
Shirin Wheeler reviews the European Parliament's final week's session of 2011.
15:40
Select Committees—Phone Hacking Committee
Culture, Media and Sport Committee's session with Rupert and James Murdoch, from 19 July.
Evening
18:25
UK Youth Parliament Debates—2011, 22/12/2011
Youth Parliament debate on student tuition fees, from Friday 4 November.
19:00
BOOKtalk—Christmas Special 2011
Mark D'Arcy and guests make their Christmas choices of the political books of the year.
19:35
1911 Centenary Lecture—Margaret Thatcher
John Whittingdale MP delivers a lecture on former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
20:40
Prime Minister's Questions—14/12/2011
Questions to Prime Minister David Cameron from Wednesday 14 December.
21:15
Peer Pressure
Why has government after government has struggled to reform the House of Lords?
21:55
London Mayor's Question Time—19/12/2011
Questions to Mayor of London Boris Johnson in the London Assembly, from 14 December.
23:25
Select Committees—HM Revenue and Customs Committee
Public Accounts Committee's session on Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Standard Report.
Late
02:05
Northern Ireland First Minister's Questions—23/12/2011
Questions to First Minister Peter Robinson, from Monday 12 December.
02:35
Briefings—Parliament Week - Lords Lecture
Conservative Peer Lord Norton of Louth presents a lecture on the Parliament Act of 1911.
03:25
The Record Europe—23/12/2011
An in-depth look at the politics of Europe presented from Warsaw by Shirin Wheeler.
03:55
BOOKtalk—Kwasi Kwarteng
Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng discusses his book Ghosts of Empire with Mark D'Arcy.
04:10
Welsh Assembly—Final Budget
Debate in the Welsh Assembly on the Final Welsh Government Budget, from 6 December.
05:40
Briefings—Parliament Week - The Speaker's Lecture
Commons Speaker John Bercow lectures on Parliamentary Reform - Lessons from 1911.
