LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Lottery money to buy Churchill letters

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

27 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:12

Description

Political editor Ed Boyle on Question Time in the House of Commons, concerning the controversial purchase of former prime minister Winston Churchill’s wartime letters for the nation with lottery money. Speaking in the Commons are Paddy Ashdown, Liberal leader; Prime Minister John Major; Paul Tyler, Liberal MP; Diane Abbott, Labour MP; Tony Newton, Leader of the House; Alice Mahon, Labour MP. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

John Major; Paddy Ashdown; Tony Newton; Ed Boyle; Paul Tyler; Alice Mahon; Diane Abbott

Keywords

Second World War (1939-1945); National lotteries; Records and correspondence; Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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