<p>Dame Eleanor Laing is the House of Commons' senior deputy speaker, the Chairman of Ways and Means. In this episode she discusses with Jacob Rees-Mogg her career in Westminster  - including her time as special adviser to Leader of the House John MacGregor from 1990 to 1992; her election in 1997; and her views on the Commons during the pandemic.</p>

Dame Eleanor Laing is the House of Commons' senior deputy speaker, the Chairman of Ways and Means. In this episode she discusses with Jacob Rees-Mogg her career in Westminster - including her time as special adviser to Leader of the House John MacGregor from 1990 to 1992; her election in 1997; and her views on the Commons during the pandemic.

<p>Dame Eleanor Laing is the House of Commons' senior deputy speaker, the Chairman of Ways and Means. In this episode she discusses with Jacob Rees-Mogg her career in Westminster &nbsp;- including her time as special adviser to Leader of the House John MacGregor from 1990 to 1992; her election in 1997; and her views on the Commons during the pandemic.</p>

S2 E13: Eleanor Laing on Commons rhetoric

In conversation with academics and Westminster insiders, Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg MP explores some of the less understood aspects of the UK’s parliamentary democracy and how our constitution delivers for voters.

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S2 E13: Eleanor Laing on Commons rhetoric

S2 E13: Eleanor Laing on Commons rhetoric