Week in Parliament

Title

Week in Parliament

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

13 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:07:34

Description

Peter Murphy reports on the week’s events in Parliament: complaints over volume and bogus points of order as the House of Commons is now on television; minister Robert Jackson’s remark on bombs in his red case; scandal over Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley who has fled to Hungary leaving remarks on Europe in an interview with The Spectator; best wishes for Queen Mother’s 90th birthday. With Commons speeches from Andrew Faulds; Speaker Bernard Weatherill; Tory David Evans; Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock; Cecil Parkinson; David Evans; Andrew Faulds; Bernard Weatherill

Keywords

Politics; Newspapers; Parliament; Television; Broadcasting; Periodicals; Royal family; Royalty; Europe; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Cabinet ministers; Dismissal from employment; Resignation (political); Birthdays; Political scandals; Nicholas Ridley; The Spectator; Robert Jackson

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