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Liam Thorp

Tributes as first woman Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd dies at 93

Tributes have been paid to former Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd who has died at the age of 93.

Current house Speaker Lindsay Hoyle led the tributes to Baroness Boothroyd, who was the first woman Speaker, serving in the position from 1992 to 2000. She also served as the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000.

Prior to her death, Baroness Boothroyd had sat as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.

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