Claims of railway privatisation u-turn

Title

Claims of railway privatisation u-turn

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

13 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:46

Description

Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on the Commons debate on the privatization of the railways and claims of a government U-turn. Includes shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott criticizing the privatization proposals and calling for a modernised publicly owned railway and Transport Secretary John MacGregor arguing the government is following original proposals for semi-privatisation by franchising British Rail passenger services to the private sector. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

John Prescott; John MacGregor; Kevin Murphy

Keywords

British Rail; Railways; Privatization; Public ownership; Franchise

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