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Westminster Hour: 23/05/2021

23/05/2021

BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 23/05/2021

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

Carolyn Quinn is joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Labour frontbencher Alison McGovern and former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, plus FT journalist Sebastian Payne.

Carolyn Quinn discusses the prospects for lifting all remaining lockdown restrictions on 21st June with guests Conservative MP Bim Afolami; Shadow Sports and Culture Minister, Alison McGovern; and the former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale - now an academic at Glasgow University. They also look ahead to Dominic Cummings's appearance this week before the Health and Science select committees' inquiry into coronavirus. Sebastian Payne, Whitehall correspondent for the Financial Times, brings additional insight and analysis. And the programme includes a report on the 50th anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act.

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