Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Dec 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:10:43

Description

Decision Makers. Programme on the privatisation of British Gas. Part 1, presented by Richard Dallyn. Includes speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons, and retort by Labour leader Neil Kinnock; Lord Stockton (former prime minister Harold Macmillan); Independent Radio financial editor Douglas Moffitt; Secretary of State for Energy, Peter Walker; Shadow Chancellor, Roy Hattersley. Sound engineer is Dave Dawson.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Harold Macmillan; Roy Hattersley; Peter Walker; Neil Kinnock; Dave Dawson; Richard Dallyn; Douglas Moffitt

Keywords

Government; Economic competition; Public finance; Unemployment; Public sector; Energy resources; Privatization; Economic policy; Energy economics; Government policy; Share dealing; Nationalization; British Gas; Private sector

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