Question Time — Season 44

Jan 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Shrewsbury. On the panel: Simon Hart MP, secretary of state for Wales, Conservative; Jess Phillips MP, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Labour; Daisy Cooper MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party's spokesperson on health, wellbeing and social care, Liberal Democrat; Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam UK; and Isabel Oakeshott, GB News presenter and commentator.

Jan 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from St. Andrews. On the panel: Stephen Kerr MSP, chief whip for the Scottish Conservative Party at Holyrood, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow attorney general for England and Wales, Labour; Màiri McAllan MSP, Scottish government minister for Environment and Land Reform, SNP; Iain Anderson, chief executive of the PR company Cicero Group, and the UK government's first LGBT Business champion; and Christopher Brookmyre, prize-winning crime novelist.

Jan 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Morecambe. On the panel: James Heappey MP, minister for the armed forces, Conservative; Jonathan Reynolds MP, shadow business secretary, Labour; Alison Phillips, editor of the Daily Mirror; Kavita Oberoi OBE, businesswoman and founder of Oberoi Consulting; and Liam Halligan, economist, author and economics and business editor at GB News.

Feb 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from London. On the panel: Crispin Blunt MP, former Justice Minister, Conservative; Rosena Allin-Khan MP, shadow minister for Mental Health, Labour; Professor Robin Shattock, head of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London; Victor Adebowale CBE, chair of the NHS Confederation and a crossbench peer; and Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist.

Feb 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Newport. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Vaughan Gething MS, minister for the economy for the Welsh government, Labour; Delyth Jewell MS, Plaid Cymru; Laura McAllister, professor of Public Policy and Governance of Wales at the University of Cardiff and former international football player; and Sebastian Payne, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times.

Feb 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leeds. On the panel: Jake Berry MP, chair of the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs, former minister for the Northern Powerhouse, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour; Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress; Juergen Maier, industrialist and former chief executive of Siemens UK, co-chair of the UK's Made Smarter programme and vice chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership; and Inaya Folarin Iman, journalist, commentator and presenter of a weekly politics discussion programme on GB News.

Feb 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Harrow. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, Foreign minister, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow Foreign secretary, Labour; Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European studies at Oxford University; Anne McElvoy, executive editor at the Economist and BBC Radio presenter; and Radislaw Sikorski MEP, politician and journalist, former Polish foreign minister and defence minister.

Mar 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Norwich. On the panel: Penny Mordaunt MP, Trade minister and former International Development secretary and secretary of state for Defence, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour; Kirsten Oswald MP, deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Bridget Kendall, master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge University and former Moscow correspondent and diplomatic correspondent at the BBC; and Russian-British podcaster, social commentator and comedian, Konstantin Kisin.

Mar 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents a special edition on Ukraine, from London. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, secretary of state for education, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Olesya Khromeychuk, Director of the Ukrainian Institute London; Vadym Prystaiko, ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and former minister for foreign affairs of Ukraine; Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former prime minister of Denmark, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board; and Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of war studies at King's College London.

Mar 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Lesia Vasylenko, member of the Ukrainian Parliament and co-chair of the UK-Ukrainian Friendship Group, Holos Party; Rev Richard Coles, Church of England parish priest, musician and Radio 4 presenter; and Max Hastings, historian and former editor of The Daily Telegraph.

Mar 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Reading. On the panel: Damian Hinds MP, minister for Security and Borders, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Labour; Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union; Dom Joly, comedian and ambassador for Save the Children; and Kate Andrews, economics editor at the Spectator.

Mar 202258m

Victoria Derbyshire presents an hour of topical debate from Bath. On the panel: Maria Caulfield MP, minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care, Conservative; Steve Reed MP, shadow secretary of State for Justice, Labour; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist; and Julia Hartley-Brewer, journalist and TalkRadio Breakfast presenter.

Apr 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Canterbury. On the panel: Greg Hands MP, minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow attorney general for England and Wales, Labour; the most reverend Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury; Zing Tsjeng, author and executive editor of Vice UK; and Dan Hodges, journalist and columnist for the Mail on Sunday.

Apr 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Romford. On the panel: Mims Davies MP, minister for Employment, Conservative; Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow secretary of state for Work and Pensions, Labour; Ed Davey MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats; Bejay Mulenga, entrepreneur and founder of Supa Network; and Camilla Tominey, associate editor at the Daily Telegraph.

May 202258m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Walsall. On the panel: Damian Green MP, chair of the One Nation Conservative caucus, former first secretary of state in Theresa May's government, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow secretary of state for Transport, Labour; Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, businessman, farmer and founder of the Black Farmer food range; Charlotte Ivers, political correspondent at Times Radio; and Jack Thorne, prize-winning screenwriter and playwright.

May 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hackney, in London. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour Party national campaign co-ordinator, Labour; Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive at the New Economics Foundation; Geoff Norcott, comedian, writer and political commentator; and Sebastian Vettel, Formula 1 racing driver and winner of four consecutive World Drivers' Championships.

May 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, financial secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Lucy Powell MP, shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport secretary, Labour; Alyn Smith MP, foreign affairs spokesperson for the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Mo Hussein, commentator and former Home Office advisor; and Emily Carver, head of media at the Institute of Economic Affairs.

May 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Belfast. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Labour; John Finucane MP, Sinn Fein; Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, Democratic Unionist Party; and Naomi Long MLA, leader of the Alliance Party.

Jun 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative; Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, Foreign Affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Rory Stewart, author, podcaster and former Conservative minister; and Tom Harwood, journalist and political correspondent at GB News.

Jun 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Newcastle. On the panel: Matt Vickers MP, Conservative, Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the Commons, Labour; Alison Thewliss MP; SNP Treasury spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Richard Walker, managing director of the supermarket chain, Iceland; and Ella Whelan, co-convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival and columnist for Spiked magazine.

Jun 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stratford-upon-Avon. On the panel: Rachel Maclean MP, Home Office minister responsible for Safeguarding, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow secretary of state for International Trade, Labour; Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT); Anne Boden MBE, founder and chief executive officer of Starling Bank; and Ben Habib, chief executive of First Property Group and former Brexit Party MEP.

Jun 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Inverness. On the panel: Angus Robertson MSP, the Scottish government's cabinet secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, SNP; Craig Hoy MSP, chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, Conservative; Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, spokesperson for Social Justice and Social Security, Scottish Labour; Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine; and Susie McCabe, comedian.

Jul 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. On the panel: Dehenna Davison, elected in 2019 as the first Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland; Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; musician Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons; Alastair Campbell, one of the architects of New Labour; and Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist.

Jul 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Torquay. On the panel: Bim Afolami MP, former Conservative Party vice chair for youth, Conservative; Chris Bryant MP, chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Standards and Privileges, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Mary Bousted, general secretary of the National Education Union; and Olivia Utley, assistant comment editor at the Daily Telegraph.

Sept 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Grimsby, in north-east Lincolnshire. On the panel, Brendan Clarke-Smith MP, a Cabinet Office minister; Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting MP; Layla Moran MP, the Liberal Democrats spokesperson on foreign affairs; the life peer Claire Fox, founder of the Academy of Ideas; and the economist Gerard Lyons, who’s been advising the prime minister.

Sept 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Manchester. On the panel: minister for local government Paul Scully MP; Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; executive editor of The Economist and presenter of The Economists Asks podcast Anne McElvoy; chairman of Cobra Beer and vice-president of the CBI Lord Karan Bilimoria; and TV presenter and producer Richard Bacon.

Oct 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from London. On the panel are the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister for equalities Nadhim Zahawi MP, Labour’s shadow secretary for levelling up, housing and communities Lisa Nandy MP, actor Brian Cox, journalist and television personality Piers Morgan, and businessman and founder of the Black Farmer range of food products Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones.

Oct 20221h

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Musselburgh in Scotland. On the panel, the Scottish Conservatives’ leader, Douglas Ross MP MSP; John Swinney MSP, Scotland’s deputy first minister; Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of Scottish Labour; Isabel Hardman, assistant editor of The Spectator magazine; and the lead singer and songwriter of the band Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch.

Oct 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents topical debate from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. On the panel, Graham Stuart MP, minister of State for Climate; Labour’s shadow minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, Jess Phillips MP; the director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker; columnist and broadcaster Rachel Johnson; and Camilla Cavendish, former director of policy for prime minister David Cameron.

Oct 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Dulwich in South London. On the panel are minister of state in the department for levelling up Lucy Frazer MP, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for foreign affairs David Lammy MP, journalist and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer and screenwriter and producer Armando Iannucci.

Nov 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Horsham in West Sussex. On the panel are police minister Chris Philp MP, of the Conservatives, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland Peter Kyle MP, editor of the Economist magazine Zanny Minton Beddoes, spoken-word artist George the Poet, and Conservative peer and chairman of Asda Lord Stuart.

Nov 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Wells in Somerset. On the panel are Conservative transport secretary Mark Harper; Labour’s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry MP; the head of economics at Bloomberg, Stephanie Flanders; the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas MP; and the entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den judge, Theo Paphitis.

Nov 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Snape in Suffolk. On the panel: from the government, Victoria Atkins MP, financial secretary to the Treasury; Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth MP, who shadows the Department of Work and Pensions; Ian Blackford MP, the Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader; economics editor at the Spectator magazine, Kate Andrews; and broadcaster, columnist and former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Sir Trevor Phillips.

Nov 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Skipton in North Yorkshire. On the panel, Conservative roads minister, Richard Holden MP; Labour’s Andy Burnham, who is a former cabinet minister, and now mayor of Greater Manchester; Charlotte Ivers, political correspondent at Times Radio; the former Brexit MEP and businessman, Ben Habib; and the author, musician and social commentator Darren McGarvey.

Dec 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Aberystwyth in Wales. On the panel, from the UK government, secretary of state for Wales David TC Davies MP; the Welsh government’s economy minister, Labour’s Vaughan Gething MS; the leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price MS; political reporter for GB News, Olivia Utley; and general secretary of the Welsh TUC, Shavanah Taj. 

Dec 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate, from Bishop Auckland, in County Durham. On the panel: from the UK government, employment minister Guy Opperman MP; shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport Lucy Powell MP; Stewart Hosie MP, Scottish National Party’s former deputy leader; author and political commentator Isabel Oakeshott; and fashion designer and businessman Patrick Grant. 

Dec 202259m

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Winchester. On the panel: from the UK Governing party and former Business secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP; Labour’s national campaign coordinator Shabana Mahmood MP; deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper MP; general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing Pat Cullen; and journalist and author Peter Hitchens.