13/03/2011
Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.
Carolyn Quinn talks to the Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George about tensions within the coalition over the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's plans to reform the NHS in England.
She previews the week's events at Westminster with James Kirkup, Political Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
Conservative MP Sajid Javid and Labour MP Liz Kendall discuss the big political stories. Will there be a change of policy on nuclear energy following the earthquake disaster in Japan? Should there be military intervention in Libya to help the rebels fighting the Gaddafi regime? Other topics commented on include Labour's calls for action on VAT on fuel and the referendum on the Alternative Vote.
Professor Roger Seifert of Wolverhampton University and Mark Littlewood of the free market think tank, the Insitute of Economic Affairs, discuss the prospect of conflict between the government and public sector unions.
Programme Editor: Terry Dignan.
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