Education Reform Bill defeated in House of Lords

Title

Education Reform Bill defeated in House of Lords

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

13 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

The Education Reform Bill was defeated in the House of Lords last night. The Bishop of London, Graham Leonard, led the attack on the part of the bill concerned with taking schools out of local body control; former prime minister James Callaghan and David Trefgarne, Baron Trefgarne also spoke against and for the bill. Des Fahy reports.

Contributors

James Callaghan; Graham Leonard; Des Fahy; David Trefgarne

Keywords

Legislation; Government; Parliament; Education; House of Lords; Schools; Parents; Grant maintained schools

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