Commons proceedings - GCHQ union ban

Title

Commons proceedings - GCHQ union ban

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

29 Feb 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:01

Description

Report on proceeding in the House of Commons. Includes debates on the Government decision to ban GCHQ employees from trade union membership following a day of union protest action; on hostages in Angola - seven mercenaries have been released but seventeen Britons are still being held. With Commons speeches by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; Foreign Office minister Malcolm Rifkind; Speaker Bernard Weatherill. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy or Peter Spencer).

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Malcolm Rifkind; Neil Kinnock; Bernard Weatherill

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Labour disputes; Political protests; Angola; Geoffrey Howe; State security; Diplomacy; Hostages; Red Cross; Civil and political rights; Intelligence service; Security; GCHQ; Prisoners; Trade union members

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