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Season 43 • Episode 31 • 21/10/2021
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Question Time Season 43, Episode 31: 21/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Glasgow. On the panel: Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet secretary for finance and the economy for the Scottish government, SNP; Andrew Bowie MP, vice chairman of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Labour; Professor Heather McGregor, journalist, academic and executive dean of Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University; and Brian Cox, actor and star of HBO television drama Succession. Watch Question Time Season 43, Episode 31 21/10/2021 in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Question Time Season 43, Episode 31 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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39 episodes
06/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents a Question Time covid special live. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, minister for the deployment of the Covid 19 vaccine and business minister, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, Labour; Rachel Clarke, palliative care doctor and author of the bestselling book 'Dear Life: a Doctor's Story of Love and Loss'; Humphrey Cobbold, chief executive of the UK's largest gym chain, Pure Gym; and Sir Mark Walport, immunologist, former government chief scientific advisor and a member of SAGE, the government's scientific advisory body
60 min
14/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate with a virtual audience from across the UK. Panellists include minister for children Vicky Ford MP, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth MP, Westminster spokesperson on health and social care Philippa Whitford MP, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Dame Donna Kinnair and Mike Barton, former chief constable of Durham.
60 min
21/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from Northern Ireland. On the panel, Brandon Lewis MP, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Conservative, Louise Haigh MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour, Arlene Foster MLA, first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Michelle O'Neill MLA, deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and cice president of Sinn Fein, and Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe.
60 min
28/01/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative, Kate Green MP, shadow secretary of state for education, Labour, Deborah Meaden, businesswoman and long-standing contributor to BBC Two's Dragon's Den, Layla McCay, director of international relations at the NHS Confederation, and Camilla Tominey, associate editor of the Daily Telegraph.
60 min
04/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Oliver Dowden MP, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Conservative; Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, farmer and founder of the Black Farmer range of products ; Wanda Wyporska, executive director of the Equality Trust; and professor Robin Shattock, head of mucosal infection and immunity at Imperial College London.
60 min
11/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Scotland, with a virtual audience from the north east of the country. On the panel are: Michael Forsyth, former secretary of state for Scotland, Conservative peer and chair of the Economic Affairs Committee in the House of Lords, Conservative; Ian Murray MP, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, Labour; Jeane Freeman MSP, secretary for health and sport in the Scottish government, SNP; Angela Haggerty, journalist and broadcaster; and Stephen Fitzpatrick, founder of OVO energy and president of Vertical Aerospace.
60 min
18/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Mark Harper MP, chairman of the Covid Recovery Group, Conservative; Nadia Whittome MP, Labour; Layla Moran MP, spokesperson for foreign affairs and international relations, Liberal Democrat; Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh; and Peter Borg-Neal, Founder and CEO of Oakman Inns.
60 min
25/02/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow chancellor of the exchequer, Labour; Tony Danker, director general of the Confederation of British Industry; Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union; and Jeremy King, co-founder and co-owner of the Corbin and King restaurants, which include The Wolseley and Brasserie Zedel.
60 min
04/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel are: Kwasi Kwarteng MP, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Andy Palmer, former CEO and president of Aston Martin and former executive vice-president at Nissan, founder and CEO of Palmer Automotive Ltd; Miatta Fahnbulleh, economist and chief executive of the New Economics Foundation; and Theo Paphitis, businessman, entrepreneur and former dragon on the BBC's Dragons' Den.
60 min
11/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel are: employment minister Mims Davies MP, Conservative; shadow secretary of state for communities and local government Steve Reed MP, Labour; chair of the NHS Confederation and crossbench peer Victor Adebowale; playwright, author and critic Bonnie Greer; and Dan Hodges, journalist and columnist for the Mail on Sunday.
60 min
18/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Victoria Atkins MP, safeguarding minister, Conservative; Jess Phillips MP, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Labour; Kirsten Oswald MP, deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Mark Carney, economist, former governor of the Bank of Canada and of the Bank of England, 2013-2020; and Ian Hislop, journalist and broadcaster, editor of Private Eye and team captain on the BBC's satirical show Have I Got News for You.
60 min
25/03/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. On the panel: Andrew RT Davies MS, leader of the Welsh Conservatives; Vaughan Gething MS, Welsh Cabinet minister for health and social services, Labour; Adam Price MS, leader of Plaid Cymru; Claire Fox, former Brexit Party MEP, independent peer and founder of the free speech organisation the Academy of Ideas; and Nigel Owens, former international rugby referee and campaigner for LGBT equality.
60 min
15/04/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from across the UK. On the panel: Bernard Jenkin MP, chair of the Commons Liaison Committee, Conservative; Rosie Duffield MP, chair of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party, Labour; Xand van Tulleken, doctor and broadcaster, including as co-presenter of CBBC's Operation Ouch!; Ayesha Hazarika, journalist, commentator and former Labour adviser; and Geoff Norcott, comedian and writer.
60 min
22/04/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Edinburgh with a virtual audience from Scotland. On the panel: Keith Brown, deputy leader of the Scottish National Party; Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party; Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party; Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats; and Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens.
60 min
29/04/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, minister for business, energy and clean growth, Conservative; Jon Ashworth MP, shadow secretary of state of health and social care, Labour; Daisy Cooper MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party's education spokesperson; Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam GB; and Tim Stanley, historian, contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day and columnist for The Daily Telegraph.
60 min
06/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Jenrick MP, housing, communities and local government secretary, Conservative; Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow housing secretary, Labour; John Bercow, former Conservative MP and speaker of the House of Commons; Hugh Osmond, founder of Punch Taverns and former director of Pizza Express; and Deborah Frances-White, comedian, writer and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast.
60 min
13/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, secretary of state for justice and lord chancellor, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, Labour; Kate Forbes MSP, finance secretary in the Scottish government, SNP; Michelle Dewberry, former Brexit Party parliamentary candidate and presenter at GB News; and Paul Mason, journalist, author and broadcaster.
60 min
20/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment minister and Business minister, Conservative, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour, Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland Foods and author of The Green Grocer, Harriet Green OBE, businesswoman, former CEO of IBM Asia Pacific and former CEO of the Thomas Cook Group, and Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
60 min
27/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow secretary for international trade, Labour; Nadra Ahmed OBE, executive chairman of the National Care Association; Kate Clanchy, poet, novelist and playwright, winner of the Orwell Prize for political writing; and Tom Newton Dunn, presenter and chief political commentator at Times Radio.
60 min
03/06/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, solicitor general for England and Wales, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow minister for schools, Labour; Professor Anthony Costello, paediatrician, former World Health Organisation director for maternal, child and adolescent health and a member of Independent SAGE; Professor Heather McGregor, executive dean of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot Watt University; and Jenni Murray, journalist, broadcaster and presenter of Radio 4's Women's Hour between 1987 and 2020.
60 min
10/06/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative; Lucy Powell MP, shadow secretary of state for housing, Labour; Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author, former finance minister of Greece, member of the Greek parliament and founder of the Greek political party the European Realistic Disobedience Front, or MeRA25; Kavita Oberoi OBE, entrepreneur and founder of an IT company specialising in healthcare, contributor to Channel 4's 'The Secret Millionaire' and the BBC's 'The Apprentice: You're Fired'; and political commentator and former pollster for the Republican Party, Frank Luntz.
60 min
17/06/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Mark Harper MP, backbencher and chair of the Covid Recovery Group, Conservative; Sarah Jones MP, shadow minister for police and the fire service, Labour; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the Scottish National Party at Westminster, SNP; Dame Rosemary Squire DBE, theatre owner and producer, founder of the Ambassador Theatre Group and co-founder, joint CEO and executive chair of Trafalgar Entertainment; and Conservative peer, author and journalist, Daniel Finkelstein.
60 min
24/06/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, secretary of state for justice and lord chancellor, Conservative; Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow health and social care secretary, Labour; Caroline Lucas MP, Green Party; Victor Adebowale OBE, chair of the NHS Confederation; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent at The Spectator.
60 min
01/07/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: David Davis MP, backbencher and former home secretary and Brexit secretary, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour; Chika Russell, entrepreneur and founder of the African-inspired snack range Chika's Foods; Madeline Grant, parliamentary sketch writer at the Daily Telegraph and columnist at The Sunday Telegraph; and Benjamin Zephaniah, poet, playwright and author.
60 min
Afghanistan Special
Fiona Bruce presents a special edition of the programme on the subject of Afghanistan. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Rory Stewart, former Conservative cabinet secretary, diplomat, academic and author of The Places in Between, an account of his two-year walk across Afghanistan; Nelufar Hedayat; journalist and documentary film-maker who came to Britain as an Afghan refugee; and Mehdi Hasan, British-American broadcaster and host of the Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC.
60 min
16/09/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Croydon. On the panel, armed forces minister James Heappey MP, shadow education secretary Kate Green MP, executive chairman of the National Care Association Nadra Ahmed, writer, satirist, co-founder of the Black Writers Guild and author of 'Think Like a White Man’ Nels Abbey and Andrew Neil, chairman of the Spectator Magazine Group, former editor of the Sunday Times, founding chairman of SKY TV, ex-BBC presenter and former chairman and lead presenter of GB News.
60 min
23/09/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cambridge. On the panel: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for transport, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow secretary of state for justice, Labour; Munira Wilson MP, spokesperson for health, wellbeing and social care, Liberal Democrat; Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Foods; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent, The Spectator Magazine.
60 min
30/09/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Birmingham. On the panel: Wes Streeting MP, shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty, Labour; Ella Whelan, political commentator and assistant editor at spiked; George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer and life peer in the UK House of Lords; and Amy Hart, reality television star and influencer.
60 min
07/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Aldershot. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, secretary of state for Education, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow Foreign secretary, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Nick Ferrari, journalist, columnist and host of LBC's weekday breakfast programme; and Rosie Jones, comedian and actress.
60 min
14/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Nottingham. On the panel: Penny Mordaunt MP, minister for International Trade, Conservative; Alison McGovern MP, shadow Sport minister, Labour; professor Robert Winston, scientist, doctor, broadcaster and Labour peer; Samuel Kasumu, former special advisor to Boris Johnson on civil society and communities and co-founder of the head-hunting company Inclusive Boards; and Anne McElvoy, BBC presenter and senior editor at The Economist.
60 min
21/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Glasgow. On the panel: Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet secretary for finance and the economy for the Scottish government, SNP; Andrew Bowie MP, vice chairman of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Labour; Professor Heather McGregor, journalist, academic and executive dean of Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University; and Brian Cox, actor and star of HBO television drama Succession.
60 min
28/10/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stockport. On the panel: Simon Clarke MP, chief secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Bridget Phillipson MP, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Labour; Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the NatWest Group and former director of the London School of Economics; Dr Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive of the New Economics Forum; and Jenny Campbell, entrepreneur and former dragon on BBC 1's Dragons' Den.
60 min
04/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Eastleigh. On the panel: Paul Scully MP, Business minister and minister for London, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow secretary of state for International Trade, Labour; Caroline Lucas MP, former party leader and co-leader, Green Party; Paul Polman, former chief executive officer of Unilever till 2019,co-founder of Imagine, an organisation which aims to help businesses tackle climate change and global inequality; and Tim Stanley, historian, journalist and columnist for the Daily Telegraph.
60 min
11/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Hartlepool. Panellists include business and industry minister Lee Rowley MP, shadow secretary of state for housing Lucy Powell MP, chief executive at Energy UK Emma Pinchbeck, writer, consultant strategist and former Number 10 director of communications and strategy Alastair Campbell, and Tom Newton Dunn, presenter and chief political commentator at Times Radio.
60 min
18/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Beckenham. On the panel: Mims Davies MP, Employment minister, Conservative; Stella Creasy MP, Labour; Stephen Flynn MP, SNP Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Nazir Afzal OBE, solicitor, former chief crown prosecutor for North West England; and professor Jordan Peterson, clinical psychologist and author of the best-selling book 12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos.
60 min
25/11/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. On the panel, Robert Buckland MP, former justice secretary, Conservative; Eluned Morgan MS, minister for health and social services in the Welsh government and a Labour peer; Liz Saville Roberts MP, leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; Guto Harri, broadcaster, political commentator and former adviser to Boris Johnson when he was mayor of London; and Timandra Harkness, comedian, science writer and author of Big Data: does size matter?
60 min
02/12/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Weston-super-Mare. On the panel: Maggie Throup MP, minister for Vaccines and Public Health, Conservative. Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the Commons, Labour; Wendy Chamberlain MP, Work and Pensions spokesperson and chief whip for the Liberal Democrats; Professor Peter Openshaw, immunologist and professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London and a member of NERVTAG, the Government's advisory body on respiratory diseases; and retail entrepreneur and former dragon from BBC 1's Dragons Den, Theo Paphitis.
60 min
09/12/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hendon. On the panel: Rachel Maclean MP, Home Office minister responsible for Safeguarding, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow secretary for Women and Equalities and chair of the Labour Party, Labour; Steven Bartlett, founder of the social media marketing company Social Chain, author of Happy Sexy Millionaire and an investor on BBC1's Dragons Den; Michael Portillo, former Conservative cabinet minister, television presenter and commentator; and Adjoa Andoh, actor, star of the Netflix series Bridgerton, lead actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and regular on TV series such as Casualty and Eastenders.
60 min
16/12/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Labour; Stewart Hosie MP, SNP spokesperson for the Duchy of Lancaster and the cabinet office at Westminster, SNP; Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers; and Olivia Utley, assistant comment editor for The Telegraph.
60 min