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Baroness Boothroyd, former Speaker of the House of Commons
Andrew Neil interviews Betty Boothroyd, former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Betty Boothroyd talks about the damage done to Parliament by the recent MPs鈥� expenses scandal as well as the public disillusionment with politics in general. They discuss the proposed Kelly and Kennedy expenses reforms, the secret deals over re-paying expenses claims, her thoughts on the new Speaker, on positive discrimination and 鈥榝amily-friendly鈥� hours in the Parliament, and finally offers her advice to the new intake of MPs after the General Election.
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Mon 25 Jan 2010
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