Conservative conference - Day 2

Title

Conservative conference - Day 2

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

8 Oct 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Report on the second day of the Conservative Party conference. Includes speeches from Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, Norman Fowler on the NHS; Junior Health Minister Edwina Currie on the northern stereotype and the Labour Party’s hold on the North; Secretary of State for the Environment, Nicholas Ridley on inner city decline, enterprise and local government; Home Secretary Douglas Hurd on introducing court video links for child abuse victims and confiscation of the proceeds of crime. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Nicholas Ridley; Douglas Hurd; Edwina Currie

Keywords

Politics; Local authorities; Government; Surgery; Health services; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Political parties; Conferences; Crime victims; Business enterprises; Child abuse; Health policy; Courts; Urban renewal; Victims of crime; Urban development; Secondary health care; Stereotypes; Enterprises

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