12/01/2024
Alicia McCarthy reports on calls for MPs to be allowed to vote on action in Yemen and looks ahead to the parliamentary challenges facing the government in an election year.
It's the first Friday edition of Today in Parliament of 2024.
Neither the Commons nor the Lords sat today but Rishi Sunak faced calls for Parliament to be recalled to discuss the UK action in Yemen. With some MPs demanding a debate and vote on the issue, Alicia McCarthy looks at the role of Parliament when the government takes military action.
She has also been talking to the Lord Speaker, Lord McFall, about the parliamentary year ahead as Westminster prepares for a general election.
And we're reaching for the stars as a group of MPs starts an inquiry into UK astronomy.
Presenter: Alicia McCarthy
Editor: Sean Curran
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