Falklands War - House of Commons debate

Title

Falklands War - House of Commons debate

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

2 Apr 1982

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:13:46

Description

House of Commons proceedings at the start of the Falklands War. Includes Lord Privy Seal Humphrey Atkins’s statement on the situation prior to the Argentine invasion. The other speakers are John Silkin; Dr David Owen; Julian Amery; James Molyneaux; Sir John Bigg-Davison; Eric Deakins; Peter Viggers; Donald Stewart; Geoffrey Dickens; John Browne; Neil Thorne; Sir Hugh Fraser; Dr Maurice Miller; Jim Spicer; Anthony Kershaw; James Lamond; Francis Pym; Ernest Armstrong, Deputy Speaker.

Further information

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1982/apr/02/falkland-islands#S6CV0021P0_19820402_HOC_64

Contributors

Francis Pym; John Silkin; David Owen; Humphrey Atkins; Julian Amery; Anthony Kershaw; Eric Deakins; James Molyneaux; Geoffrey Dickens; Peter Viggers; Donald Stewart; John Browne; Jim Spicer; Neil Thorne; Sir John Bigg-Davison; SHugh Fraser; Maurice Miller; James Lamond; Ernest Armstrong

Keywords

Parliament; UK; House of Commons; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Wars (events)

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