This week, four bills appeared in Parliament and were scrutinised by MPs: 

- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which passed its Third Reading this week and is now in the Lords. 

- The Dissolution and Parliament Bill, which went through its Second Reading this week.

- The Nationality and Borders Bill and the Elections Bill, which both went through their First Readings this week. 



With such a busy week in Parliament, we sat down with a series of experts to talk about what the bills set out to do, and what the actual implications of them will be. Listen as Alex speaks with: 



Tom Brake, Director of Unlock Democracy, on the Elections Bill 

Mitchell Westra, Operations Director at Open Britain, on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 

and Stella Perrott, former Civil Servant and writer at Yorkshire Bylines, on the Nationality and Borders Bill. 



Be sure to follow us @BylinesPod on social media, and thanks to Jules for editing the episode!