Title

Queen opens Parliament

Genre

Interview

TX Date

16 May 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Reaction to the Queen’s speech opening the new Conservative Government Parliament (May 1979) from Joel Barnett, Labour MP, particularly on economic policy. Brian Hayes interviews.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; Joel Barnett

Keywords

Politics; Legislation; Taxation; Parliamentary bills; Conservative Party; Fiscal policy; Economic policy

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