The Record Review

Glenrothes by-election discussion

This week Labour achieved a surprisingly comfortable win in the Glenrothes by-election.

Labour candidate Lindsay Roy finished 6,737 votes ahead of SNP challenger Peter Grant, the leader of the local council.

Joining us on the programme to discuss the result is the BBC's chief election analyst David Cowling and BBC Scotland's political correspondent David Porter.

'Democracy in action'

Connecting with the public took on a new form at the start of the week.

Record Review John McFall interview

The Commons Treasury Select Committee asked members of the public to send in questions which were then put to the witnesses in an evidence session on the banking crisis.

On the receiving end of the questions were Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, Bank of England governor Mervyn King and Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, chairman of the Financial Services Authority.

Our reporter Andrew Wilson caught up with committee chairman John McFall MP to find out how successful he thought the experiment had been.

Call for consensus

Former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith has collaborated with the former senior Labour whip Graham Allen on a pamphlet about social justice.

MPs call for cross-party consensus

The two MPs say that early intervention, sometimes even before birth, is the best way to stop children being neglected and falling into anti-social behaviour.

They have met Conservative leader David Cameron and Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the last few weeks to explain their ideas.

They tell the Keith Macdougall why they think the parties should put aside their differences and work together on this issue.

Obama, bees and Jamie Oliver

The Record Review will also be packed with highlights of the parliamentary week.

MPs in the Commons gave their reactions to the election of Barack Obama, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver gave evidence to the Health Select Committee and Environment Secretary Hilary Benn had something to say on the problems facing Britain's bee population.

For a full review of the week in Parliament watch The Record Review on BBC Parliament at 2300 on Fridays, 1100 on Sundays and 0900 on Monday.