John Gummer tells Commons there is nothing wrong with British beef

Title

John Gummer tells Commons there is nothing wrong with British beef

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

17 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Shadow Agriculture Minister Dr David Clark denies calling Agriculture Minister John Gummer a lout. Gummer has insisted in the House of Commons that there is nothing wrong with British beef. Tony Banks takes the Secretary of State to task for criticising his comments on vegetarians. Peter Russell reports from Westminster.

Contributors

John Gummer; Tony Banks; David Clark

Keywords

Health; Meat; Vegetarianism; John Gummer; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle; Meat products; Animal diseases

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