Why Parliament Works: S2 Ep13 - Eleanor Laing on Commons rhetoric

Dame Eleanor Laing is the House of Commons' senior deputy speaker, the chairman of ways and means. In this episode she discusses her time in Westminster with Jacob Rees-Mogg - including her time as special adviser to Leader of the House John MacGregor from 1990 to 1992; her election in 1997; and her views on the Commons during the pandemic.