Government view on Scarman Report

Title

Government view on Scarman Report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:00

Description

Interview with Home Office minister Timothy Raison, responding to the findings of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton riots in South London and Toxteth riots in Liverpool in 1981 and a recent Select Committee report on some of the same issues. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Timothy Raison

Keywords

London; Reports; Government; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Liverpool; Unemployment; Racial discrimination; Riots; Black peoples; Ethnic groups; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Whites; Asian peoples; Leslie Scarman

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