St John-Stevas on rowdy scenes in Commons

Title

St John-Stevas on rowdy scenes in Commons

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Parliamentary speech by leader of the House Norman St John-Stevas, following rowdy scenes in the House of Commons involving Labour Party backbench MPs opposed to the introduction of a Conservative Government bill proposing increased council house rents.

Contributors

Norman St John-Stevas

Keywords

Politics; Government; Labour Party; Parliamentary bills; Parliament; Conservative Party; Council housing; Political parties; House of Commons; Rent; Party politics; Michael Foot; Parliamentary process; Political leaders

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