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The Week in Westminster

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The Week in Westminster: 22/10/2011

22/10/2011

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Steve Richards looks behind the scenes at Westminster.

MPs are to  vote on whether a referendum should be held now on Europe.  David Cameron says no. But many in his party are said to be challenging that view.  How far is the so-called 'Tory right' finding its voice?  A subject here for  two Tory MPs, Dominic Raab and Jesse Norman.

Dr Liam Fox resigned as defence secretary with a personal statement to MPs in the Commons.  Two observers, the former MP Clare Short, who resigned with a personal statement of her own, and the Guardian's Andrew Sparrow, were listening. 

The Fox resignation has thrown up new questions about the political lobbying industry.  Here, the Professor of Political Science, Justin Fisher,  wonders why the industry can promote its clients so well but not, apparently, itself. 

Finally, the former planning minister, the Labour peer, Lord Rooker, has accused The National Trust of 'misleading hype' in its campaign against the government's planning reforms. He makes his case in debate with the Trusts' Ben Cowell.

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