Secrets reform bill narrowly defeated
- Title
- Secrets reform bill narrowly defeated
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 15 Jan 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:04:05
- Description
- Des Fahy reports on an attempt by Conservative MP Richard Shepherd to bring forward a private member’s bill to reform the Official Secrets Act to allow access to more information, despite Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s fierce objection to it. The proposal was defeated but the Government’s majority was slashed to just 37. Includes Commons speeches by Richard Shepherd; Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary; Roy Hattersley, Shadow Home Secretary; Merlyn Rees; Edward Heath.
- Contributors
- Merlyn Rees; Edward Heath; Roy Hattersley; Douglas Hurd; Des Fahy; Richard Shepherd
- Keywords
- Government; Parliamentary bills; Right to information; State security; Official Secrets Act
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LBC/IRN, "Secrets reform bill narrowly defeated". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000500336004 (Accessed 07 May 2025)