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George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Emotions ran high this week in parliament: Northern Ireland MPs were outraged at the past " secret " deals between the UK government and suspected terrorists to secure peace. Peter Hain former Northern Ireland Secretary responds to Alliance party MP Naomi Long's concerns about the process his government introduced at the time of the peace negotiations. The Bishop of St Albans engages with Andrew Selous, PPS to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan, Smith on recent criticism of government welfare policy: Mark Field and Gisela Stuart assess the impact of Angel Merkel's visit to Britain, plus Ben Bradshaw and Conor Burns on what difference if any, the Leveson inquiry has had on tabloid press behaviour. The editor is Marie Jessel.
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