26/02/2012
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 Chief Political Correspondent of the Guardian Nick Watt about the big political stories. They discuss the prospect of further changes to the Health and Social Care bill, the arguments over the Government's work experience scheme and plans to elect the House of Lords.
The Liberal Democrat MP John Thurso defends his party's policy to elect the Lords.
Conservative MP George Hollingbery and Labour MP Rushanara Ali debate Lords reform and the Government's work experience scheme.
The first woman ever to be Sergeant at Arms of the House of Commons, Jill Pay, discusses the highs and lows of her four years in the post.
Programme Editor: Terry Dignan.
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