Labour conference - Day’s issues

Title

Labour conference - Day’s issues

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

5 Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

Report on the issues covered today at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool, including nationalisation of North Sea oil, council housing, Official Secrets Act and freedom of information, terrorism, capital punishment, Northern Ireland, prisons. With speeches from Energy Secretary Tony Benn; former chairman of Manchester housing committee Alan Roberts; MP Christopher Price MP; Home Secretary Merlyn Rees; MP Eric Heffer. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy or Peter Spencer).

Contributors

Merlyn Rees; Eric Heffer; Tony Benn; Christopher Price; Alan Roberts

Keywords

Labour Party; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Death penalty; Political conferences; Right to information; Prisons; Council housing; Political parties; Conferences; Oil; Blackpool; North Sea; Nationalization; Housing policy; Official Secrets Act

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