EG’s Office Politics: Prisk and Piers meet Clive Betts

<p>In the latest episode of EG's political podcast, senior writer Piers Wehner and former housing minister Mark Prisk head to Westminster to meet Labour MP Clive Betts. </p> <p>Betts has been chair of the House of Commons' Levelling Up select committee for 12 years, investigating and assessing the work of the government department in its numerous guises.</p> <p>In that time he has challenged policy, honed legislation and grilled innumerable ministers - including Prisk!</p> <p>But can the select committee ever really hope to influence legislation? And what will it investigate next? </p> <p> </p>