Commons debates nuclear safety and prisons
- Title
- Commons debates nuclear safety and prisons
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 30 Apr 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:03:24
- Description
- Report on the day’s deliberations in the House of Commons with fears for UK nuclear safety allayed following the Chernobyl disaster in the USSR- speeches by PM Margaret Thatcher and Environment Secretary Ken Baker.The prison officers dispute was also debated-speech by Shadow Home Secretary Gerald Kaufman, response from Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Kenneth Baker; Gerald Kaufman; Douglas Hurd
- Keywords
- Labour disputes; UK; USSR; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power stations; Nuclear safety; Prison officers; Ukraine; Radioactive pollution; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986)
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