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Who is Nicky Morgan, how old is the Tory MP and why did she pull out of Have I Got News For You?
NICKY Morgan has been the Tory MP for Loughborough since 2010.
We explain who she is and when she will appear on BBC's Question Time.
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When will Nicky Morgan appear on Question Time?
Morgan will appear on the panel on June 6.
It will air on BBC One at 10.35pm.
She will be joined by Labour MP Annaliese Dodds, SNP MP Drew Hendry, Daily Mirror editor and columnist Alison Phillips and Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan.
Who is she?
Nicky Morgan was born on October 1, 1972 in Kingston Upon Thames, England.
She has been a Tory MP of Loughborough since 2010.
Morgan previously served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from October 2013 to April 2014.
From April to July 2014 she served as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
After the 2017 General Election, she was elected Chair of the Treasury Select Committee.
Why did Nicky Morgan pull out of Have I Got News For You in 2016?
Tory MP Nicky Morgan pulled out of a planned appearance on Have I Got News for You in 2016.
The topical TV show said the former education secretary pulled out filming due to "unforeseen circumstances" at the time.
Her place was filled by a designer handbag.
She had angered Theresa May’s former aide Fiona Hill after criticising the prime minister’s choice of a pair of £995 brown trousers for a newspaper photo shoot.
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Leaked text messages revealed Hill, who was then May’s joint chief of staff referring to the former education secretary as “that woman”.
Morgan was later also blasted for being snapped carrying an equally expensive handbag made by Mulberry.
After seeing a picture of a handbag on the Have I Got News For You set, she tweeted that she would have been happy to donate her own bag to appear instead.
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What was the leather trouser row with Theresa May?
The so-called "trousergate" row dominated several newspaper front pages back in 2016.
After the PM was snapped for the Sunday Times in a pair of flared "bitter chocolate" leather trousers, Mrs Morgan said: "I don't think I've ever spent that much on anything apart from my wedding dress."
Morgan also suggested the PM’s pricey pants might not go down well with ordinary voters “in Loughborough market”, in her constituency.
The Mail on Sunday then showed a tense series of text message exchanges between Ms Morgan and the prime minister's joint chief of staff, Fiona Hill.
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