Douglas Hurd accepts identification card

Title

Douglas Hurd accepts identification card

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

Home Secretary Douglas Hurd accepts an identification card issued by publicans from his Oxfordshire constituency to combat underage alcohol consumption. He says he endorses the scheme but is against a compulsory national identity card and defends proposals for longer pub opening hours. Also interview with organiser of the ID card experiment Alan Curry(?) on civil liberty concerns. Paul Rowley reports.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Paul Rowley; Alan Curry

Keywords

London; Alcohol use; Licensing (alcohol); Bars (drinking establishments); Public houses; Alcoholic beverages; Identification cards; Oxfordshire; Age groups; Social behaviour

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