Look back at parliamentary session

Title

Look back at parliamentary session

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

30 Jul 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:12:03

Description

Report on the Parliamentary session just ending, during which the sale of 500 million pounds’ worth of shares in BP was announced, also that nurses would forego any strike action. Speakers are shadow energy spokesman John Smith; Speaker of the House of Commons, Bernard Weatherill; Labour MP Tam Dalyell; Chancellor Nigel Lawson; Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Cecil Parkinson; shadow Trade Secretary, Peter Archer; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine; Conservative MP Michael Colvin; Labour MP Roland Boyes; Labour MP Dennis Skinner. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Dennis Skinner; Nigel Lawson; Cecil Parkinson; Tam Dalyell; John Smith; Peter Archer; Bernard Weatherill; Michael Colvin; Roland Boyes

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Government; Labour Party; Health services; Parliament; Conservative Party; Nurses; Nuclear weapons; SDP-Liberal Alliance; RCN; Share dealing; Stock exchanges

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