Disabled civil rights bill fails
- Title
- Disabled civil rights bill fails
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 20 May 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:03:30
- Description
- Rachel Hooper reports from Westminster on the parliamentary debate over a private member’s civil rights for the disabled bill aimed at introducing anti- discrimination legislation, and its subsequent Commons failure. Includes Commons speeches by Labour MP Dennis Skinner; former Labour Minister for the Disabled Alf Morris; Nicholas Scott, minister for the disabled; Tory MP Terry Dicks; Labour spokesman for the Disabled Barry Sherman.
- Contributors
- Barry Sherman; Dennis Skinner; Nicholas Scott; Terry Dicks; Alf Morris; Rachel Hooper
- Keywords
- Parliamentary bills; Disabled persons; Discrimination; Rights of the disabled
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