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Terry Dicks MP condemned over AIDS comments

Title
Terry Dicks MP condemned over AIDS comments
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
16 Dec 1994
Year of production
1994
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Duration
00:03:27
Description
Victoria Smith reports on controversial remarks by Conservative MP, Terry Dicks, who says AIDS victims should not receive proceeds from the National Lottery and has branded the disease a self-inflicted luvvies’ illness. AIDS charities and politicians have condemned the comments. Includes interviews with Terry Dicks; Lyndall Stein, Terrence Higgins Trust; Tony Banks MP.
Contributors
Tony Banks; Victoria Smith; Terry Dicks; Lyndall Stein
Keywords
Health; Charity; Charities; Members of Parliament; Drug abuse; Politicians; AIDS; Sexual behaviour; National lotteries; HIV; Prize money; Conservatives; Terrence Higgins Trust

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