Lord Chancellor discusses domestic violence bill
- Title
- Lord Chancellor discusses domestic violence bill
- Genre
- Interview; Discussion
- TX Date
- 2 Nov 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:03:36
- Description
- Peter Deeley interviews Lord James Mackay (Derry Irvine) about the shelving of the Conservative Government’s domestic violence bill after right-wing Tory bankbenchers complained that a part of the bill would undermine the sanctity of marriage, the part that gave unmarried couples the same rights as those legally bound together.
- Contributors
- Peter Deeley; James Mackay
- Keywords
- Politics; Legislation; Government; Conservative Party; Domestic violence
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