Parliament debate espionage and unemployment

Title

Parliament debate espionage and unemployment

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

9 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Report on Parliamentary debate after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said there would be no public inquiry into the secret service after the confession of Leonard Henry (Leo) Long that he was a spy for the USSR. Speaking are: Labour MP Chris Price; Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General; Labour frontbencher John Morris. Also speaking in the Queen’s speech debate-new Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit on British Leyland; Eric Varley criticising Tebbit’s appointment. Male reporter not identified.

Further information

http://www.cf2r.org/fr/notes-historiques/in-his-defector-he-trusted-how-the-cia-counterintelligence-staff-broke-the-western-intelligence-community-for-ten-years-1962-1973.php

Contributors

Norman Tebbit; Eric Varley; Christopher Price; John Morris; Michael Havers

Keywords

Legal procedure; Labour relations; British Leyland; Unemployment; Car industry; Motor vehicle industry workers; Espionage; State security; Spies; Norman Tebbit; Intelligence service; Cabinet ministers; Security breaches; Political appointments; Competitiveness (business); Leo Long

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