Liberal Party Assembly - Opening day debates
- Title
- Liberal Party Assembly - Opening day debates
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 22 Sep 1982
- Year of production
- 1982
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- Duration
- 00:03:26
- Description
- Report on debates during the first day of the 1982 Liberal Assembly in Bournemouth, including discussion on the allocation of Parliamentary seats between the Liberals and the Social Democratic Party as part of the coalition arrangement between the two parties. Also includes speeches on the Government’s employment legislation, defence policy, and the Civil Service. Speakers include: John Griffiths, Liberal President-elect; Lord Mayhew (Christopher Mayhew), Liberal defence spokesman; Rochdale MP Cyril Smith; Lord Rochester (poss. Foster Charles Lowry Lamb). Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
- Contributors
- Christopher Mayhew; Cyril Smith; Peter Murphy?; John Griffiths; Lord Rochester; Foster Lamb?
- Keywords
- Political conferences; Liberal Party; Political parties; Conferences; SDP-Liberal Alliance; Bournemouth; Political coalitions; Bournemouth Pavilion
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