Last Commons session before Xmas - Debates on roads and prisons
- Title
- Last Commons session before Xmas - Debates on roads and prisons
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 20 Dec 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:04:42
- Description
- Westminster correspondent Max Cotton looks back on yesterday’s events in Parliament - the penultimate day before the Christmas break. The session included debate on road-building and on the Woodcock Report on the Whitemoor Prison breakout. Includes statements by Michael Meacher, Labour transport spokesman; Steven Norris, Transport Minister; Michael Howard, Home Secretary; Jack Straw, Labour home affairs spokesman; Betty Boothroyd, Speaker; Andrew Robathan MP; Tony Banks MP.
- Contributors
- Jack Straw; Michael Meacher; Betty Boothroyd; Tony Banks; Michael Howard; Steven Norris; Max Cotton; Andrew Robathan
- Keywords
- Parliament; Prisons; Roads; Road transport; House of Commons; Christmas; Escapes; Road construction; Whitemoor Prison
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