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Michael Howie and Rachael Burford

Baroness Betty Boothroyd dies age 93: Tributes paid to first woman Speaker of the House of Commons

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first woman to be elected Speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93.

The current Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle paid tribute to Lady Boothroyd as “one of a kind”.

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