Day in parliament

Title

Day in parliament

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

28 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:48

Description

Robert Allen reports on a varied day in Parliament. The Government has all but admitted that it is to carry out a slaughter of cattle in the wake of the BSE scare. We hear Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell, Agriculture Minister Douglas Hogg and Professor John Pattison at the Health and Agriculture Joint Commons Committee; George Robertson on health concerns with beef in Scottish Questions and reply from Scottish Secretary Michael Forsyth. Also Gillian Shephard welcomes reform of 16-19 education in report by Ron Dearing in Education Questions session; David Blunkett Shadow Education Minister responds and also welcomes reform.

Contributors

George Robertson; Robert Allen; Gillian Shephard; Stephen Dorrell; Douglas Hogg; John Pattison; Michael Forsyth

Keywords

Politics; Education; Beef; Beef industry; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle; Educational reform; Educational qualifications

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