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The Week in Westminster: 01/12/2012

01/12/2012

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George Parker of the Financial Times tests the mood at Westminster on a new press law.

George Parker of the Financial Times tests the mood at Westminster on a new press law, and what pressures a Canadian might face as governor of the Bank of England.

George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster.

Will David Cameron change his mind and allow a press law on to the statute book ?

It's the question his critics are asking after the publication this week of the report into press ethics by Lord Justice Leveson. 

Here, the forrmer journalist, Lord Fowler, and the Lib Dems' deputy leader, Simon Hughes, join Labour's Graham Stringer to weigh the chances.

The UK Independence Party has had a week of publicity after a Conservative MP suggested the two parties agree a pact. 

The Lib Dem, Nick Harvey, can't see that happening - in spite of UKIP's showing in this week's by-elections. But the Conservative, Douglas Carswell, thinks it should.

The floods that have blighted parts of the country have put a new focus on the government's handling of green issues. 

The Lib Dem, Tessa Munt, and the Tory, Mel Stride, come into the studio with stories of their constituents' plight.

And the appointment of a Canadian, Mark Carney, as the next governor of the Bank of England, is just the latest case of a big job here being filled from abroad. 

The American-born Conservative, Brooks Newmark, and the Frenchman, PY Gerbeau, discuss the challenges he faces. 

Editor: Peter Mulligan.

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