Women in cabinet

Title

Women in cabinet

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

30 Nov 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:47

Description

UK Prime Minister John Major promotes Gillian Shephard to the post of Treasury Minister, the first woman in the department, following pressure to have more women in his cabinet. Includes speech by Major in the Commons; interviews with Gillian Shephard on her new role; Labour frontbencher Clare Short. Paul Rowley reports for LBC News Talk Breakfast.

Contributors

John Major; Paul Rowley; Clare Short; Gillian Shephard

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Women; Politicians; Cabinet ministers; John Major; Cabinet (politics); Political appointments

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