Brown, Cameron, and Clegg are answering questions - although separately - on diversity in parliament.
Further Reading:
Live Guardian Blog of the Speaker’s Conference
Watch the conference at the parliament website
Nick Robinson on the need for debate
Gordon Brown has said gay MPs and peers should to be allowed to hold civil partnership ceremonies inside the Palace of Westminster.
Jim Pickard and Alex Barker, FT Westminster correspondents, share the latest news and gossip from the UK's political scene.
Alex Barker has been an FT political correspondent since July 2007. He joined the paper in 2005, after working in current affairs television.
Jim Pickard joined the FT's lobby team in January 2008, having been a regional correspondent, assistant UK news editor and property correspondent.
FT.com - UK Politics & Policy news
Selected FT blog posts
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