Woodcock report into Whitemoor breakout - Jack Straw’s Commons statement

Title

Woodcock report into Whitemoor breakout - Jack Straw’s Commons statement

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

19 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:31

Description

House of Commons statement by Labour Party home affairs spokesman, Jack Straw, responding to a speech by Home Secretary, Michael Howard, following a report by Sir John Woodcock into the escape in 09/94 by IRA prisoners from the special secure unit at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire. Straw calls for the minister to resign.

Contributors

Jack Straw

Keywords

Reports; Terrorism; Prisons; IRA; Security; Prisoners; Escapes; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); Michael Howard; Whitemoor Prison; Woodcock Report

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