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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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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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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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Election results 2019: Tories increase majorities as Essex remains blue
Deputy speaker Dame Eleanor Laing increased her majority to 22,173, while Southend West MP Sir David Amess announced his plans to stand as a deputy speaker after winning his seat. McDonnell blames ...