Parliamentary chairwoman to stand down at general election
Labour politician and chairwoman of the lower house of parliament Gerdi Verbeet is leaving politics at the September general election.
Verbeet was first elected as an MP in 2001 and has been chairwoman since 2006. Announcing her decision to quit, Verbeet said: ‘the time is right to do other things’.
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