Call for miners amnesty

Title

Call for miners amnesty

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Jun 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Peter Murphy reports on a call from left-wing Labour Party MPs for an amnesty for all miners jailed in the miners’ strikes. Speaking are: Tony Benn MP; David Hunt, coal minister.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Tony Benn; David Hunt

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Coal mining; Conservative Party; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Prisoners; Strikes (events)

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