There's no inside track to the views of current or former deputy Speakers. (totalpolitics.com)
The disgraced peer, 69, who quit as deputy speaker of the Lords and was suspended by Labour after being reported to police, has vowed to «tough it out» and resist calls to resign his peerage. (dailymail.co.uk)
Fookes» mother had cancer towards the end of her time as deputy speaker. (politicshome.com)