Zimbabwe Rhodesia parliamentary bill

Title

Zimbabwe Rhodesia parliamentary bill

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:20

Description

Report on debate in Parliament over the Government pushing through a bill allowing them to take power in Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and sidestepping the question of renewing or lifting sanctions. With speeches by Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) in the Lords (he is Chairman of current talks on Zimbabwe Rhodesia at Lancaster House); Shadow Foreign Secretary Peter Shore; Lord Privy Seal Sir Ian Gilmour; Labour Party leader James Callaghan. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

James Callaghan; Peter Shore; Ian Gilmour; Peter Carington

Keywords

Politics; Parliamentary bills; UK; Great Britain; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Political reform; Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Lancaster House Conference

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