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You are up to date with the headlines. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. The main news from westminster. The government insists its still trying to reach a deal with the eu and accuses the labour party of Holding Things up. Faced with a delaying, disruptive and denying tactics of the opposition, we say on behalf of the 17. 4 million, enough, enough, enough we need to leave. Theres irritation over the disruption at westminster caused by the Climate Change protests. It seems to me that the demonstrators are already in control of t...

Lady Boothroyd shattered more than 700 years of parliamentary tradition when she became the first woman to be elected speaker in April 1992.

Draft of former speaker’s final speech said prime ministers should not give peerages to friends or people with ‘fat bank accounts’

Legendary former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd had planned to give a farewell speech in the Lords criticising PM's for doling out peerages before her death last year

Lady Boothroyd shattered more than 700 years of parliamentary tradition when she became the first woman to be elected speaker in April 1992.