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The Great Charter signed in 1215 that is the cornerstone of the British constitution
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Magna Carta
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Monarch who was forced to sign ^ by the Barons
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King John
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13th Century Nobleman who convened the first Parliament in 1265
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Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
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First Speaker of the House of Commons
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Sir Thomas Hungerford
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Essayist and Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII who submitted the first known request for freedom of speech in Parliament
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Sir Thomas More
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Name given to the conspiracy to assassinate King James I in 1605 by blowing up Parliament
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The Gunpowder Plot
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The best known conspirator of ^
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Guy Fawkes
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Name of the meeting of MPs convened in 1640 to dismantle the structures of personal rule under King Charles I
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Long Parliament
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The most prominent of the "five members" who Charles I attempted to arrest in Parliament in 1642
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John Pym
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Soldier and statesman who led the armies of Parliament during the English Civil War and was Lord Protector from 1653-58
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Oliver Cromwell
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Speaker who defied Charles I when the King entered Parliament to arrest the "five members"
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William Lenthal
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Name of the meeting of MPs convened to push through an act establishing a court to try Charles I
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Rump Parliament
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Early political party that played a central role in the 1688 Glorious Revolution and contested power with the rival Tory Party into the 19th Century
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Whigs
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Monarchs that Parliament offered the crown to in the Glorious Revolution #1
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William III
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#2
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Mary II
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Declaration presented to ^ considered a landmark development in the civil liberties of England
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Bill of Rights
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Statesman considered Britain's first Prime Minister
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Sir Robert Walpole
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The youngest PM in British history, 24 when he came to office
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William Pitt the Younger
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MP, Social reformer and philanthropist who was one of the foremost leaders of the movement to abolish slavery in the British Empire
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William Wilberforce
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19th Century working class movement for political reform that pressured for manhood suffrage
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Chartism
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The only Prime Minister to be assassinated, in 1812
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Spencer Perceval
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Unpopular legislation in force until 1846 that imposed restrictions and tariffs on imported grain
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Corn Laws
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Prime Minister and one of the founders of the Conservative Party who, when Home Secretary, created the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829
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Sir Robert Peel
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Informal name for the Representation of the People Act of 1832, which introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales
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Reform Act
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Hero of the Battle of Waterloo, twice Tory Prime Minister
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Year the original Palace of Westminster burnt down
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1834
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The two architects who designed and built the new Palace that exists to this day #1
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Sir Charles Barry
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#2
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
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The oldest existing part of the Palace of Westminster which survived the fire and dates back to 1097
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Westminster Hall
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Primary founder of the Labour Party
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James Keir Hardie
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Liberal politician who served as PM four seperate times in the 19th century, nicknamed the "grand old man" by his supporters
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William Ewart Gladstone
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^ His great rival, twice Conservative PM and a noted author, to date the only PM of Jewish birth
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
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Year that men aged 21 and over were given the vote
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1918
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Suffragette who hid in a broom cupboard in the Palace of Westminster the night of the 1911 Census and was later killed running into the path of a racehorse at the 1913 Epsom Derby
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Emily Wilding Davison
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Leader of the british suffragette movement
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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Year women aged 21 and over were given the vote
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1928
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First female MP to be elected and take her seat in the House of Commons
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Nancy Astor
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First female Speaker of the House of Commons
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Betty Boothroyd
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First female Prime Minister
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Margaret Thatcher
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Welsh Liberal politician who was PM during the last two years of the First World War
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David Lloyd George
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Prime Minister of the 'National Government' of the 1930s, still considered by many in the Labour Party as a "traitor"
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James Ramsay Macdonald
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King whose love for American divorcee Wallis Simpson sparked the 1936 Abdication Crisis
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Edward VIII
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Prime Minister during the Second World War
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Winston Churchill
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Publicly funded healthcare system set up under the Labour Government of Clement Attlee in 1946
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National Health Service
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Year that the voting age was reduced to 18
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1969
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The year of the 'three-day week' and two general elections
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1974
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Shakespearean term coined by James Callaghan to describe the rash of rampant strike actions over the Christmas and New Year period of 1979
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Winter of Discontent
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Controversial policy introduced by Margaret Thatcher which sparked riots
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Poll Tax
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Annex opened in 2001 to provide extra offices for MPs
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Portcullis House
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Part of the Palace of Westminster that houses the Parliamentary archives
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Victoria Tower
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Name of the great bell housed in the Elizabeth Tower
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Big Ben
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Name of the tune ^ plays to announce the hour
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Westminster Chimes
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Area that an MP represents
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Constituency
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What the letters MP stand for
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Member of Parliament
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Party official appointed to help organise the party's contribution to parliamentary business and keep MPs in line
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Whip
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Official term for the end of a Parliament, heralding a general election
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Dissolution
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Official term for the end of a parliamentary session
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Prorogation
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Traditional day when a general election is held
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Thursday
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MPs and Lords can sit on these panels to examine the work of Government departments
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Select Committees
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Term describing the to and fro of amendments to Bills between the Commons and the Lords (also an alternative name for table tennis)
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Ping Pong
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Final stage of a Bill passing through Parliament
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Royal Assent
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MP who chairs debates in the House of Commons
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The Speaker
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Number of MPs in Parliament
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650
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Number of Peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords
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800
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Collective name given to the 26 Bishops who sit in the House of Lords
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Lords Spiritual
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Principal officer of the House of Commons, the utmost authority on procedure and privilege and the CEO of the House
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Clerk of the House
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Annual event marking the commencement of a session of Parliament
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State Opening of Parliament
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Name of the House of Lords official who, during ^ summons the House of Commons to attend the Queen's Speech by striking the door of the Commons chamber with his staff
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Lady Usher of the Black Rod
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Officer responsible for the security of the House of Commons and the personal safety of The Speaker
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Serjeant at Arms
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19th century constitutional theorist and former Clerk of the House of Commons who wrote the definitive guide to parliamentary procedure that is still used around the world
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Thomas Erskine May
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Official report of proceedings in the Houses of Parliament
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Hansard
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The nefarious practice of using a long speech to delay or obstruct parliamentary business
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Filibuster
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Where an MP or Lord sits in their respective debating chamber if they are neither a Minister or spokesperson for their party
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Backbenches
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What the Prime Minister stands at when addressing the Speaker in the House of Commons
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Despatch Box
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To date, the only politician to have held the four great offices of state: Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary
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James Callaghan
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Ceremonial staff of office symbolising Royal authority that lies in the Commons when it is in session
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Mace
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Name for what takes place when a seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant between general elections
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By-election
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Including the 2019 election, how many general elections there have been since the Second World War
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21
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Party that won the 2019 general election, with an 80-seat majority
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Conservative
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Current Prime Minister
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Rishi Sunak
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Term used for when a general election returns no outright winner
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Hung Parliament
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Term used for when two or more parties agree to work together to form a Government
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Coalition
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Term used for when a Party wins an overwhelming majority in a general election
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Landslide
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Collective name for the Prime Minister and his most senior frontbench Government officials who represent the departments of state
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Cabinet
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Address of the Prime Minister
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10 Downing Street
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Around 500 people who have reached high office, including many MPs and Peers, are members of this assembly set up to advise the Queen in carrying out her duties as Monarch
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Privy Council
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Public declaration of ideas and policies of a political party, usually introduced in an election campaign
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Manifesto
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The principal area in the Palace of Westminster where constituents can meet their MPs
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Central Lobby
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Name of the current Speaker of the House of Commons
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Sir Lindsay Hoyle
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Name of the Lord Speaker
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Lord McFall of Alcluith
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