Prime Minister’s questions

Title

Prime Minister’s questions

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

16 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:05:12

Description

Parliamentary correspondent, Robert Allen, reports on Prime Minister’s Question Time: Social Security minister Alistair Burt’s attack on a speech by Margaret Thatcher; job cuts in the prison service; stakeholder economy; broadcasting bill in House of Lords; cut in BBC World Service; defection of Emma Nicholson from Conservative Party to Liberal-Democrats. Speeches by Dennis Skinner; Tony Blair; John Major; Stephen Day; Robin Cook; Malcolm Rifkind; Emma Nicholson.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind; Robin Cook; Dennis Skinner; John Major; Tony Blair; Robert Allen; Emma Nicholson; Stephen Day

Keywords

Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Cost reduction; Prisons; Radio stations; BBC; Liberal Democrats; BBC World Service; Alistair Burt

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