Jim Prior on Northern Ireland

Title

Jim Prior on Northern Ireland

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:00:46

Description

Excerpt from a Parliamentary debate on 16/11/81 with Northern Ireland Secretary Jim Prior speaking on Government stance on terrorism. Later the 3 Democratic Unionist MPs- Reverend Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson and John McQuade- were ejected from the House of Commons after disrupting proceedings. The debate followed the murder of unionist leader, Rev Robert Bradford. See Further Information for transcript of debate.

Further information

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1981/nov/16/northern-ireland-security

Contributors

James Prior

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Parliament; Terrorism; Terrorists; IRA; Political parties; House of Commons; Members of Parliament; Ian Paisley; DUP; Peter Robinson; John McQuade

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