Week in Parliament

Title
Week in Parliament
Genre
News report; Parliamentary debate
TX Date
13 Jul 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:07:34
Description
Peter Murphy reports on the week’s events in Parliament: complaints over volume and bogus points of order as the House of Commons is now on television; minister Robert Jackson’s remark on bombs in his red case; scandal over Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley who has fled to Hungary leaving remarks on Europe in an interview with The Spectator; best wishes for Queen Mother’s 90th birthday. With Commons speeches from Andrew Faulds; Speaker Bernard Weatherill; Tory David Evans; Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock.
Contributors
Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock; Cecil Parkinson; David Evans; Andrew Faulds; Bernard Weatherill
Keywords
Politics; Newspapers; Parliament; Television; Broadcasting; Periodicals; Royal family; Royalty; Europe; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Cabinet ministers; Dismissal from employment; Resignation (political); Birthdays; Political scandals; Nicholas Ridley; The Spectator; Robert Jackson

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LBC/IRN, "Week in Parliament". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006500399001 (Accessed 25 Mar 2026)