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Today in Parliament: 09/02/2012

09/02/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 09/02/2012

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

Sean Curran has the best of the day's debates in the Commons and the Lords.

The Sports Minister Hugh Robertson tells the Commons he's happy that Fabio Capello has resigned as manager of the England football team.
Sean Curran has news of the parliamentary exchanges over football and of the latest up-date given to MPs concerning Britain's military operation in Afghanistan. 
Also on the programme:
* David Torrance reports on claims that hotel rooms are being offered at 'extortionate' rates during the London Olympic fortnight.
* Chris Bond covers the latest arguments over the subsidies given to homeowners to install solar panels.
* And Bob Clifford reports on what peers had to say about the 200th anniversary celebrations of one of Britain's greatest writers, Charles Dickens.

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