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Last Updated: Thursday, 14 August, 2003, 13:46 GMT 14:46 UK
Politicians get away from it all

MPs do not spend all their time at Westminster - even when parliament is sitting. In a new series for The Westminster Hour's Sunday Supplement, Dinah Lammiman investigates what they get up to, out of the office.

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich
In 'MPs Roadshow', she follows parliamentarians as they travel the length of Britain - visiting the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in London, Orkney in Scotland and a village in East Anglia. The politicians find out at first hand what local people and the experts think.

In her first report, Dinah Lammiman joins MPs from the Commons science and technology as they inquire into light pollution.

News imageClick here to listen to Part One of the MPs Roadshow

Gwyneth Dunwoody
Gwyneth Dunwoody
In her second report, Dinah goes to Scotland's most northern islands with the Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody and members of the Commons transport committee, which she chairs.

News imageClick here to listen to Part Two of the MPs Roadshow

Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb
Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb
In her third and final report, Dinah Lammiman goes to East Anglia to talk to Norfolk MP Norman Lamb and the scientist who he is 'paired' with in an innovative scheme.

News imageClick here to listen to Part Three of the MPs Roadshow



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