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Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Ben Wright, and my guests.

Coming up with no sign yet of when or how the conflict in Iran might end,

the Prime Minister faces some big choices.

Should the UK join forces with the US

and others to help make the shipping lanes safe? And how much support should the government

give people here with their energy bills? We'll talk about all that. And whether the NHS is

poaching too many health workers from poorer countries. Plus, the art of parliamentary speechmaking will hear an expert's tips.

First, let's meet my panel.

Dame Meg Hillier is the Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch

and one of Parliament's most senior backbenchers.

She chairs the Treasury Select Committee and the Liaison Committee,

which grills the

Prime Minister two or three times a year. Meg, as Treasury Committee Chair, I think we need

to know your views on the most important financial question of the moment. Should Winston Churchill

be replaced by a badger? The Sun on Sunday reports that former Chancellor's George Osborne, Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Nadine Zahar.

We've all come out against the Bank of England's proposal to replace historical figures with pictures of wildlife on our banknotes.

What is your view?

Well, I have to say, and rather nerdyly, I was once a passport minister, so I know there's an awful lot of thought that goes into the security of banknotes.

So maybe it may just simply be practically that too many people are trying to forge Winston.

The Conservative, Sir Andrew Mitchell, represents Sutton Colfield.

He was International Development Secretary under David Cameron and was later appointed Deputy Foreign Secretary by Rishy Sunak.

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