Labour Maastricht amendment wins through

Title

Labour Maastricht amendment wins through

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

9 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on the success of a Labour Party amendment to the bill supposed to ratify the Maastricht Treaty which will now be delayed. The move has embarrassed the Conservative Party, and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd comments on this. Includes excerpt from a John Major speech calling for unity; interviews with shadow Foreign Secretary Jack Cuningham; Tory MP Teddy Taylor who calls for a referendum on the treaty. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Dennis Skinner; Teddy Taylor; Douglas Hurd; John Major; Kevin Murphy

Keywords

Treaties; Politics; Labour Party; Referenda; Conservative Party; Europe; John Major; Paliamentary bills; Maastricht

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