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Emily Ashton of Bloomberg review the week in Westminster, including a discussion about the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, Conservative MP Anthony Browne and Labour MP and chair of the Business Select Committee Darren Jones. Conservative MP Miriam Cates and Joeli Brearley, founder of the charity Pregnant Then Screwed, discuss issues around childcare including how support for mothers can be improved. Also in this week's programme, Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine explains why she has tabled a Bill to allow Parliament to appoint an independent ethics adviser if the role remains vacant. And Labour Leader of the House of Lords, Angela Smith and Conservative Peer Philip Norton, who is also professor of government at the University of Hull, discuss Lord Norton's Private Members' Bill which aims to strengthen the body that vets nominees for new peerages. They also discuss the size of the House of Lords.
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