Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Parliamentary debate; Advertisement

TX Date

23 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:24:27

Description

Decision Makers, presented by Richard Dallyn. Following this week’s House of Commons vote on Sunday and late-night trading, Dallyn ponders the legislation to follow, and invites comment from political spokespeople, most of whom are opposed to the move. Contributers: David Tench of the Consumers’ Association; Tom McNally, Director-General of the Retail Consortium; Home Secretary, Leon Brittan; John Prescott, Labour’s employment spokesman; Conservative MP Sir Peter Mills; Bill Fitch, Deputy General Secretary of the Lord’s Day Observance Society; Labour MP Tom Torney; Conservative MP Ivor Stanbrook; Conservative MP Patrick Cormack. Engineer: Dave Dawson. Commercial break left intact, and more advertisements and introduction to Keith Howell’s programme follow.

Contributors

Tom Torney; Dave Dawson; David Tench; Richard Dallyn; Leon Brittan; John Prescott; Tom McNally; Peter Mills; Bill Fitch; Ivor Stanbrook; Patrick Cormack; Keith Howell

Keywords

Politics; Legislation; Trade unions; Wages; Working conditions; Shops; Trade (practice); Sunday trading; Sunday observance; Shopkeepers; Shopping; Working time; Domestic life; Law reform

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