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What makes the Westminster Explained seminar series so unique is the unsurpassed quality and experience of our speakers.

Past speakers have included:

Vernon Coaker

Vernon Coaker MP
Home Office minister

Caroline Flint

Caroline Flint MP
Welfare reform minister

Christine Beasley

Christine Beasley
Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health

Peter Hain

Rt Hon Peter Hain MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Margaret Hodge

Margaret Hodge MP
Culture minister

Baroness Boothroyd

Rt Hon Baroness Boothroyd
Former Speaker of the House of Commons

William Hague

Rt Hon William Hague MP
Former Leader of the Conservative Party and Shadow Foreign Secretary

Lord Kinnock

Rt Hon Lord Kinnock
Former Vice President of the European Commission and former leader of the Labour Party

Rt Hon the Baroness Shephard

Rt Hon the Baroness Shephard
Former Secretary of State for Education

Rt Hon the Baroness Bottomley

Rt Hon the Baroness Bottomley
Former Secretary of State for Health and for National Heritage

Andrew Turnbull

Lord Turnbull KCB CVO
Former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service

Stephen Timms

Stephen Timms MP
Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury

Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury
Former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Prashar

Baroness Prashar CBE
Former First Civil Service Commissioner

Howell James

Howell James
Permanent Secretary Government Communications, Cabinet Office

Geoffrey Hoon MP

Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP
Government Chief Whip and former Secretary of state for Defence

Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP

Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP
Life President, The House Magazine

Phil Hope

Phil Hope MP
Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Tony Wright

Dr Tony Wright MP
Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee

Rt Hon the Lord McNally

Rt Hon the Lord McNally
Leader of Liberal Democrats, House of Lords

Digby Jones

Lord Jones
Minister of State for Trade and former Director General, CBI

Frank Dobson

Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP
Former Secretary of State for Health

Barry Sheerman

Barry Sheerman MP
Chairman of the Education and Skills Select Committee

John Oughton

John Oughton
Former chief executive, Office of Government Commerce

Oliver Heald

Oliver Heald MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs

Lord Grenfell

Lord Grenfell
Chair of the European Union Select Committee, House of Lords

Robin Oakley

Robin Oakley
European Political Editor CNN

Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers
Principal Clerk, Table Office, House of Commons