Abortion debate in the Commons

Title

Abortion debate in the Commons

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

22 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Kevin Murphy reports on the emotive debate in the Commons on the private member’s bill put forward by David Alton to cut the time limit for abortions. After a majority vote the bill will now move to committee stage, where Alton accepted there may be a compromise on the time limit he proposed. Includes Commons speeches by Clare Short; Liberal Party leader David Steel; Bernard Braine.

Contributors

David Steel; David Alton; Clare Short; Kevin Murphy; Bernard Braine

Keywords

Politics; Legislation; Parliamentary bills; Abortion

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