Parliament debates BSE

Title

Parliament debates BSE

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

25 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:05:14

Description

There have now been four emergency statements on the BSE crisis since last Wednesday. Parliamentary correspondent Robert Allen reports. Michael Stephen complains of a nanny state; Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has confidence in committee findings; his shadow Harriet Harman says public confidence has collapsed; Tony Marlow withdraws remark that Harriet Harman is a stupid cow; Tony Banks claims government complacency is at the root cause of the crisis; Agriculture Minister Douglas Hogg on McDonald’s’ decision to ban British beef.

Contributors

Dennis Skinner; Harriet Harman; Tony Banks; Robert Allen; Tony Marlow; Stephen Dorrell; Douglas Hogg; Michael Stephen

Keywords

Government; Health; Meat; Food; Illness; Transmission; CJD; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Animal products; BSE; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; McDonald’s; McDonald’s UK

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