Lords vote against Maastricht

Title

Lords vote against Maastricht

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

15 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:23

Description

Report on the House of Lords vote against holding a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty after the Conservative Party called all their lords in for the vote; and on Margaret Thatcher voting against the Tories. Speakers including some during the debate from Tory MP Teresa Gorman; Margaret Thatcher; Lord Norman Tebbit; Foreign Office minister Baroness Chalker (Lynda Chalker); Lord Wakeham (John Wakeham); Lord Howe (Geoffrey Howe); Trade Minister Tim Eggar; Lord Parkinson (Cecil Parkinson). Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports from Westminster. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Margaret Thatcher; Norman Tebbit; Cecil Parkinson; Tim Eggar; John Wakeham; Kevin Murphy; Lynda Chalker; Theresa Gordon

Keywords

Treaties; Referenda; Conservative Party; House of Lords; Europe; Maastricht Treaty

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