In the House of Lords they call her "matron".
And while it is the kind of nickname that speaks volumes about her fellow peers, for Baroness Audrey Emerton of Tunbridge Wells it is simply a sign she has arrived.
"It's taken me a long time, but when they say, 'Oh, matron says this or that', it's a term of endearment as far as they're concerned," she said.
Pitched into the plush chamber of the House of Lords 20 years ago by then Prime Minister John Major, the South...
