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What makes Westminster Briefing events unique is the unsurpassed quality and experience of our speakers.

Past speakers have included:

Anne BeggAnne Begg
Labour MP
Mike BraceMike Brace
Chief Executive, Vision 2020 UK
Dr Nicola BrewerDr Nicola Brewer
Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Jeremy BrowneJeremy Browne
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman
Richard CabornRichard Caborn
Former minister of state for sport, now the prime minister's ambassador for the World Cup 2007
Kay CarberryKay Carberry
Assistant general secretary, TUC
David ChaytorDavid Chaytor
Labour MP for Bury North
Vernon CoakerVernon Coaker
Home Office minister
Edward DaveyEd Davey
Liberal Democrat MP and chief of staff to party leader Sir Menzies Campbell
Caroline FlintCaroline Flint
Work and pensions minister
Nick GibbNick Gibb
Conservative MP and shadow minister for schools
John HayesJohn Hayes
Conservative MP and shadow minister for cocational education, and former shadow minister for housing and planning
Margaret HodgeMargaret Hodge
Labour MP and culture minister, and former industry minister
Lord Jones of BirminghamLord Jones of Birmingham
Minister of state for trade and former director general of the CBI
Eric JoyceEric Joyce
Labour MP
Ann KeenAnn Keen
Health minister
Tim LambTim Lamb
Chief executive of CCPR
Lord LamingLord Laming
Chairman of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry
Anne LongfieldAnne Longfield
Chief Executive, 4 Children
Julie MorganJulie Morgan
Labour MP for Cardiff North and chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for gypsy and traveller law reform
Lord MoynihanLord Moynihan
Chairman of the British Olympic Association and member of the Conservative campaigning board
Meg MunnMegg Munn
Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley and parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Jim MurphyJim Murphy
Labour MP for East Renfrewshire and Europe minister, and former minister for employment and welfare reform
Ben PageBen Page
Director, Ipsos MORI
Eric PicklesEric Pickles
Shadow secretary of state for communities and local government
Ian PearsonIan Pearson
Labour MP for Dudley South and science and innovation minister
Baroness ProsserBaroness Prosser
Labour peer
James PurnellJames Purnell
Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and former pensions minister
Paul RaynesPaul Raynes
Programme director, LGA
Andy ReedAndy Reed
Labour MP
Terry RooneyTerry Rooney
Labour MP for Bradford North and chairman of the Commons work and pensions committee
David RuffleyDavid Ruffley
Shadow minister for home affairs
Barry SheermanBarry Sheerman
Labour MP for Huddersfield, and chairman of the Commons education committee
Gerry SutcliffeGerry Sutcliffe
Minister for Sport, DCMS
Sir Mike TomlinsonSir Mike Tomlinson
Chairman of the working group on 14-19 reform
Neil TurnerNeil Turner
Labour MP for Wigan
Baroness WalmsleyBaroness Walmsley
Liberal Democrat spokesman for children, schools and families
Derek WyattDerek Wyatt
Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and chairman of the all-party parliamentary Olympic and Paralympic group