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Maria Miller's replacements face tough questions in Parliament

Labour MPs fired a barrage of awkward questions at two Tory ministers drafted in to replace expenses cheat Maria Miller in Parliament yesterday, writes Luke James in Parliament.

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid and Women’s Minister Nicky Morgan both won loud cheers from backbench Conservatives as they stepped up to the despatch box for the first time.

Rhondda Labour MP Chris Bryant demanded to know why press barons are still being “allowed to mark their own homework” 17 months after the Leveson report was published.

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