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Why does the Deputy Speaker chair the budget? Find out who Dame Eleanor Laing is
If you have been following the spring budget today (March 6), you might have noticed it is not Sir Lindsay Hoyle who opened the statement in the House of Commons. Instead, it is Dame Eleanor Laing ...
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Police close investigation into MPs' Covid event
The police said the gathering - attended by deputy speaker Dame Eleanor Laing and Tory MPs Virginia Crosbie and Sir Bernard Jenkin - had not met the threshold for issuing fines. All three MPs are ...
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Why is Lindsay Hoyle not speaker at the Budget – and who is Eleanor Laing?
Speaker of the Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle did not preside over Jeremy Hunt’s 2024 spring Budget statement, with less-familar face Dame Eleanor Laing taking his place instead. Sir Hoyle had ...
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Author of Cass Review on NHS gender services takes seat in House of Lords
Also taking her seat in the upper chamber on Monday was former Commons deputy speaker Dame Eleanor Laing, now known as ...
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MPs questioning Bercow's impartiality, says Speaker candidate
Deputy Commons Speaker Eleanor Laing says she ... Lindsay Hoyle and Dame Rosie Winterton. The Conservative candidates are Ms Laing, Sir Henry Bellingham, Sir Edward Leigh and Shailesh Vara.