Merlyn Rees on immigration paper

Title

Merlyn Rees on immigration paper

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:23

Description

Former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees reacts in Parliament to the Conservative Government’s proposed changes to imigration legislation. He criticises the changes as being specifically designed to deal with Asians, and labels them sexist, racist and indefensible. He refers back to a time when he had proposed something similar, but came to realise he had been wrong.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees

Keywords

Politics; Legislation; Immigration; Migration law; Marriage; Discrimination; Migration policy; Arranged marriages; Asian peoples

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