Margaret Thatcher attacked for use of civil servants

Title

Margaret Thatcher attacked for use of civil servants

Genre

Parliamentary debate

TX Date

11/86

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:01:07

Description

Parliamentary debate (24/11/86) in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is attacked for her misuse and scapegoating of a civil servant, Jim Coe (Thatcher’s deputy chief press secretary). Speakers are Labour MPs, Tony Benn and Dale Campbell-Savours; Speaker of the House of Commons, Bernard Weatherill. In two parts, with break in audio (Labour MP, Brian Sedgemore also took part in the debate but has apparently been edited out).

Further information

See http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1986/nov/24/civil-servant-briefing

Contributors

Tony Banks; Dale Campbell-Savours; Bernard Weatherill

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Parliament; Civil servants; Members of Parliament; Prime ministers; Parliamentary process; Jim Coe

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