Parliamentary wrap

Title

Parliamentary wrap

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

3 Nov 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:07:25

Description

Report on debates in Parliament on government cuts, EEC, prisons, and the length of backbenchers’ speeches in the House of Commons. With speeches from Chief Secretary to the Treasury, John Biffen; former Labour Chancellor, Denis Healey; Labour MP Robert Kilroy-Silk; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Lord Privy Seal, Ian Gilmour; Deputy Prime Minister, Willie Whitelaw; Conservative MP Walter Clegg; former Labour Home Secretary, Merlyn Rees. Male reporter not identified (surname Armstrong - poss. John Armstrong?).

Contributors

Merlyn Rees; Margaret Thatcher; William Whitelaw; Denis Healey; Robert Kilroy-Silk; Ian Gilmour; Walter Clegg; John Biffen; John? Armstrong

Keywords

Politics; Local government; Cost reduction; EEC; Parliament; Prisons; Public finance; Greece; Dartmoor Prison; Europe; Local finance; Political process

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