John Humphries on Government plans to privatise water industry

Title

John Humphries on Government plans to privatise water industry

Genre

Interview

TX Date

10 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:22

Description

Peter Spencer interviews John Humphries(?), a member of the Selsdon Group, which was established to promote free market policies within the Conservative Party. Humphries criticises Conservative Trade and Industry Secretary, Nicholas Ridley’s plans to privatise the water industry by floating an essential public monopoly on the stock exchange as an equity public limited company.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; John Humphries(?)

Keywords

Industry; Government; Conservative Party; Privatization; Water; Utilities; Think tanks; Selsdon Group; Limited companies

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