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03 Mar 03 - 02:28 PM (#902547) Subject: BS: Question to UK mudcatters... From: GUEST,IEB This may be a strange question but I visited the House of Commons the other day (as you do...no, I was just there as a interested tourist ;-)) and was listening to one of their sittings. There was a woman in the Speaker's chair (can't really describe her, but she had white hair and may have been in her 50s/60s). Now, I don't know that much about UK politics/the parliament but I thought I read somewhere that the Speaker was Michael Martin. Can someone tell me who that woman might have been? Was she maybe one of Mr Martin's deputies (I didn't find her in the list of MPs on the Commons homepage)? Thanks for yr answers Cheers, IEB |
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03 Mar 03 - 06:42 PM (#902747) Subject: RE: BS: Maybe a strange question... (House of Commons) From: vindelis I think the lady you saw could have been Mrs Sylvia Heal M.P. The list below wass taken from www.politicallinks.co.uk The Speaker Rt Hon Michael Martin MP Principal Deputy Speaker Chairman of Ways and Means Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP KCB (Con) First Deputy Chairman Mrs Sylvia Heal MP KCB (Lab) Second Deputy Chairman Sir Michael Lord MP KCB (Con) |
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03 Mar 03 - 08:15 PM (#902819) Subject: RE: BS: Maybe a strange question... (House of Commons) From: McGrath of Harlow Here is a page with a picture of Sylvia Heal to settle the matter. |