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Westminster Hour: 07/02/2021

07/02/2021

BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 07/02/2021

Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Carolyn Quinn hosts political chat with former Cabinet minister Julian Smith, Labour's Lucy Powell and business executive Suzanne Heywood, plus Politico journalist Jack Blanchard.

Carolyn Quinn's guests are the former Cabinet minister Julian Smith; Shadow Business Minister Lucy Powell; business executive Suzanne Heywood; and the journalist Jack Blanchard of Politico. They discuss the latest on the coronavirus vaccine rollout; problems trading between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and unease in the Commons over the UK's relationship with China. Lady Heywood also talks about her book, "What does Jeremy Think?" - a biography of her late husband Lord Heywood, former head of the Civil Service. The programme also includes an interview David Mundell - the first serving Tory Cabinet minister to come out as gay - marking LGBT+ history month.

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