The Westminster Hour

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Westminster Hour

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Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme

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Westminster Hour: 01/08/2021

01/08/2021

BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 01/08/2021

Alex Forsyth hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Alex Forsyth is joined by Conservative MP Huw Merriman, Labour's Baroness Angela Smith, Paralympic champion and crossbench peer Tanni Grey-Thompson and journalist Jason Groves.

Alex Forsyth's guests are the Conservative Chair of the Commons Transport Committee, Huw Merriman; Labour's leader in the House of Lords, Baroness Angela Smith; and the Paralympic champion and crossbench peer, Tanni Grey-Thompson. They discuss the arguments over foreign travel restrictions and domestic vaccine passports, with additional insights and analysis from Jason Groves, political editor of the Daily Mail. The programme also includes a report on progress in the renovation of Parliament's Elizabeth Tower and the Great Clock.

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