Mad cow disease hits the country

Title

Mad cow disease hits the country

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

27 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:28

Description

As BSE affects the livestock of the country, at Prime Minister’s Question Time, Labour Party leader Tony Blair attacks Prime Minister John Major over the handling of the situation, he then responds. Robert Allen reports from Westminster. Also speaking in the Commons: Paul Marland, Peter Viggers and Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown. Much jeering heard and Speaker Betty Boothroyd calling for order.

Contributors

Betty Boothroyd; John Major; Paddy Ashdown; Tony Blair; Peter Viggers; Robert Allen; Paul Marland

Keywords

Politics; Agriculture; Farmers; Beef; Food safety; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle

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