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  1. Parliament debates education issues (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a debate in the Commons on new school tests for 7-year-olds, with speeches from Education Secretary John MacGregor, Shadow Education Spokesman Jack Straw and Liberal...

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  2. Government plans educational reform (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Education Secretary John MacGregor refuses to divulge details of a deal with the Treasury over finance for education and talks about planned educational reforms in the context of education being a key issue...

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  3. John MacGregor on becoming Leader of the House of Commons (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    John MacGregor on his new post as Leader of the House of Commons following a cabinet re-shuffle by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after the surprise resignation of Deputy PM Geoffrey Howe. On leaving his...

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  4. John MacGregor on NASUWT strike (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Richard Dallyn interviews Education Secretary John MacGregor about a one day strike by members of the UK’s second largest teaching union the NASUWT in protest to a government imposed pay award and over...

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  5. NUT members vote for strike action (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the National Union of Teachers vote in favour of industrial action at their conference in Bournemouth if teachers lose their jobs because of poll tax (community charge) capping, against advice of...

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  6. John MacGregor on child literacy (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Education Secretary John MacGregor on the issue of literacy levels among seven-year-olds, following the leaking of survey results to the Times Education Supplement. Female interviewer not identified.

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  7. UK educaton as good as Europe (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Education Secretary, John MacGregor, following his speech at a conference of schools and industrialists in Leicester in which he refuted claims Britain’s school system puts pupils at a...

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  8. John MacGregor on teaching vacancies (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Secretary of State for Education and Science, John MacGregor talks to John Allen about new figures for teaching vacancies. In London, 5.3 percent of vacancies remain unfilled and an inspector’s report on...

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  9. Tory by-elections defeat (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Political correspondent Des Fahy gives a full report on the Conservative Party losses in the recent by-elections in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire; Kincardine and Deeside; and Langbaurgh, Cleveland. With...

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  10. Commons debate on Maastricht summit treaties (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Des Fahy reports on the Commons debate on the treaties of economic/monetary and political union brought back by Prime Minister John Major from the summit of European leaders at Maastricht last week, and the...

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