British MPs want cameras that make them look good

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Last Updated : Apr 22 2013 | 2:44 PM IST

Filming is currently limited to eight cameras in fixed, high positions, The Sun reported.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been accused of carefully sweeping his hair to cover a bald patch.

The Commons Administration Committee has now allowed two lower-level remote-controlled cameras to be installed behind the speaker's chair and a pair on the officials' box next to it.

TV executives from Sky, BBC and ITV had urged MPs to change the rules.

Peter Knowles, editor of BBC Parliament, told the committee in 2012 that the "angles are incredibly unflattering to the front benches".

 

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First Published: Jan 05 2013 | 7:15 PM IST

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